Morning sunlight reduces length of hospitalization in bipolar depression.

نویسندگان

  • F Benedetti
  • C Colombo
  • B Barbini
  • E Campori
  • E Smeraldi
چکیده

BACKGROUND Bright artificial light improves non-seasonal depression. Preliminary observations suggest that sunlight could share this effect. METHODS Length of hospitalization was recorded for a sample of 415 unipolar and 187 bipolar depressed inpatients, assigned to rooms with eastern (E) or western (W) windows. RESULTS Bipolar inpatients in E rooms (exposed to direct sunlight in the morning) had a mean 3.67-day shorter hospital stay than patients in W rooms. No effect was found in unipolar inpatients. CONCLUSIONS Natural sunlight can be an underestimated and uncontrolled light therapy for bipolar depression. LIMITATIONS This is a naturalistic retrospective observation, which needs to be confirmed by prospective studies.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of affective disorders

دوره 62 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001