[Initial results with bright light (phototherapy) in affective psychoses].
The biological foundations of light-treatment and their relation to neurophysiological and biochemical mechanisms were discussed. We developed an apparatus for treatment and report of first experiences in affective psychosis. In addition to a decrease of depressivity and anxiety we found an unequivocal tendency to normalization of sleep-behaviour. The farther clinical and paraclinical investigations has to show the position of this method of treatment in the total conception of a biological therapy.
D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010789:Phototherapy
Erste Ergebnisse mit Bright-Light (Phototherapie) bei affektiven Psychosen.