title: Seasonal variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: preliminary experience with light treatment.
abstract: The authors surveyed 34 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder for a history of seasonal variations in symptoms and behavior and treated six of these patients with bright light. Overall, the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder did not report a greater degree of seasonal variations than normal and no response was seen to bright light therapy in the small number of patients treated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Yoney
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pigott
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: L'Heureux
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010789:Phototherapy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012621:Seasons