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monochromatic blue light vs standard light treatment in seasonal complaints

Recruiting
Conditions
Seasonal affective disorder, wintertype, according to DSM-IV is depreesion with a seasonal pattern in wich the complaints exist in fall/winter and remission tooks place in spring/summer at an almost yearly basis.Epidemiological research in the Netherlands shows that 3% of the adults suffer from SAD and 8% from winterblues..
Registration Number
NL-OMON22649
Lead Sponsor
Philips Consumer Lifestyle/ S. Hermans P.O. Box 20100 9200 CA Drachten NL
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

age between 18-65 yr

- no other treatments for seasonal complaints during the same time

Exclusion Criteria

other Axis -I disorders according to DSM-IV
acute suicidal risk
use of pschopharmaca or photosensitsizing drugs
eye diseases or complaints exept aging
diabetes
epilepsy
night shifts

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sores on the SIGH-SAD interviews
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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