Phototherapy
Scientists at University of Sao Paulo detail research in phototherapy
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 8th, 2008
"Our aims were to investigate the pituitary volume in patients with seasonal winter depression and healthy volunteers in winter and summer and to assess the effects of phototherapy in these patients. The pituitary volume of 12 patients with winter depression and 12 healthy controls, paired according gender age and menstrual cycle, were obtained from magnetic resonance imaging in winter and summer Eight patients were submitted to phototherapy (10000 vs. 2500 lux) in a double-blind crossover fashion during the winter and reassessed (symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging) after treatment," scientists writing in the journal Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria report.
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