Levitt A J, Joffe R T, Kennedy S H
Mood Disorders Clinic, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1991 Aug;52(8):336-7.
This study was designed to examine the potential benefit of the addition of bright lights to antidepressant treatment in depressed subjects.
Ten patients who presented during the winter months with major depression and who had failed an adequate trial of antidepressants or who had relapsed following a successful course of antidepressants underwent a 2-week course of bright light therapy.
Augmentation with bright lights resulted in substantial improvement in 7 of the 10 patients.
Bright light augmentation may provide a useful treatment alternative for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
本研究旨在探讨在抑郁症患者的抗抑郁治疗中添加强光的潜在益处。
10名在冬季出现重度抑郁症的患者，他们在充分试用抗抑郁药后治疗失败，或在成功接受抗抑郁药治疗后复发，接受了为期2周的强光治疗。
10名患者中有7名通过添加强光治疗取得了显著改善。
对于难治性抑郁症患者，强光增效治疗可能是一种有效的治疗选择。
