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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250096
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Lichttherapie bei Depressionen und depressiven Verstimmungen
Publication History
Publication Date:
09 August 2010 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Die Lichttherapie ist eine anerkannte und empfehlenswerte Behandlungsmethode nicht nur für saisonale, sondern auch für mono- und bipolare Depressionen. Wie sie wirkt und was zu beachten ist, lesen Sie hier.
Schlüsselwörter
Depression - depressive Verstimmung - Lichttherapie - Chronobiologie
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Weiterführende Informationen
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26 Der Morning-Eveningness-Questionnaire zur Bestimmung des Chronotyps kann kostenlos im Internet herunterladen werden: http://www.cet.org
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Jürgen Staedt, Jahrgang 1959, Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie – Schlafmedizin – Klinische Geriatrie; Apl. Professor der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Göttingen, Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik – Memory Clinic Vivantes Klinikum Berlin Spandau.