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2054429

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
The rationale for phototherapy in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) was originally based on the notion that SAD patients were light deprived during the wintertime and needed more light. We previously found normal temperature profiles of untreated SAD patients during the winter, and that phototherapy significantly enhanced the amplitude of the circadian temperature profile in SAD patients during the winter (Rosenthal et al 1990). We hypothesized that summer would act similarly on the temperature rhythm of these patients. In this study we examined the temperature data from SAD patients and normal controls during the summer and compared it to the results of our previous study. We found identical profiles for SAD patients and normal controls during the summer and that summer significantly lowered the overall temperature profiles of both groups and did not alter the amplitudes. These results raise questions about the validity of the current theories of the mechanism of light therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
524-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Core body temperature in patients with seasonal affective disorder and normal controls in summer and winter.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Psychobiology Branch, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article