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Seasonal affective disorder : practice and research /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Partonen, Timo, Magnusson, Andres
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Subjects:
Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical excerpts
  • Symptoms and course of illness
  • Comorbid disorders
  • Sociodemographic aspects
  • Acclimatization
  • Longitudinal measurement
  • Light therapy
  • Lamp standards and ocular safety
  • Drug therapy
  • Other therapies
  • Is bright-light therapy a placebo?
  • Guidelines for management
  • Prevalence from population surveys
  • Assessment instruments
  • Evidence-based treatment
  • The photoperiod
  • Weather
  • Melatonin
  • Sleep
  • Carbohydrate intake
  • Monoamines
  • Photobiology
  • Personality and cognition
  • Neuroimaging
  • Circadian clock
  • Genetic influences
  • Biological clock
  • Clock organization
  • Clock genes
  • Future directions