Chronotherapeutics for affective disorders
Subtitle: a clinician's manual for light and wake therapy
By: Anna Wirz-Justice, Francesco Benedetti, Michael Terman
Contributors: Benedetti, Francesco, 1966-; Terman, Michael
Edition: 2nd, rev. ed.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9783318020908; 9783318020915
Subjects: Mood Disorders; Therapy; Chronotherapy; Methods; Phototherapy; Sleep Disorders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-94) and index.
Table of contents: title: Individual chronotherapeutic elements : light, wake therapy, and sleep phase advance; title: Procedures in the inpatient setting; title: Practical details for wake therapy; title: Practical details for light therapy; title: Outpatient treatment strategies; title: The range of chronotherapeutic indications; title: Light therapy for children and adolescents; title: Light and wake therapy for older patients; title: The visually impaired : more sleep disturbances, more depression; title: Endogenous and exogenous melatonin; title: Drugs that affect rhythms (chronobiotics); title: Social rhythm therapy; title: Chronobiology in everyday life.