• DOI:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00078.x
• Corpus ID: 1342943

Bright light therapy of subsyndromal
seasonal affective disorder in the workplace:
morning vs. afternoon exposure

@article{Avery2001BrightLT,
  title={Bright light therapy of subsyndromal
seasonal affective disorder in the workplace:
morning vs. afternoon exposure},
  author={David H Avery and David L. Kizer and Mary Ann Bolte and Carla Hellekson},
  journal={Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica},
  year={2001},
  volume={103}
}

• D. Avery, D. Kizer, +1 author C. Hellekson
• Published 1 April 2001
• Psychology, Medicine
• Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Objective: Bright light therapy in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) has been studied extensively. However, little attention has been given to subsyndromal seasonal affective disorder (SSAD) or the use of bright light in the workplace. Many patients using bright light boxes complain of the inconvenience of use. Much of this inconvenience involves the often‐recommended early timing of the bright light therapy. Patients, who already have difficulty awakening, often have difficulty using the bright light therapy soon after awakening before going to work. If bright light could be used effectively in the workplace, the treatment would be more convenient; the improved convenience would probably improve compliance. In this study, we studied the effectiveness of bright light therapy in subjects with SSAD in the workplace, comparing morning bright light with afternoon bright light.