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.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9783805591201
Subjects: Affective disorders -- Alternative treatment; Clinical chronobiology; Circadian rhythms -- Therapeutic use; Sleep deprivation -- Therapeutic use; Light -- Therapeutic use; Mood Disorders -- therapy; Chronotherapy -- methods; Phototherapy -- methods; Sleep Disorders -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Individual chronotherapeutic elements : light, wake therapy and sleep phase advance; title: Integrative chronotherapeutics : combinations of 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.