Title

Light therapy for circadian and mood disorders

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

May 2008

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About the Presenter

Brenda Byrne, PhD, is a consulting psychologist for the Jefferson Light Research Program, and Director of the Seasonal Affective Disorder Program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. She is past president of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and is current president of the Greater Philadelphia Pain Society.

This lecture was delivered as part of the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine's Grand Rounds series on May 9, 2008. Copyright 2008 by Brenda Byrne, PhD.

The streaming video presentation lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Download the document (video/apreso) May 2008

Abstract

Overall goals and objectives:

1. Explain how the timing of light and darkness affects circadian rhythms

2. Describe treatments for delayed or advanced sleep phase disorders

3. List the diagnostic criteria of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

4. Recommend regimens of light treatment and behavioral management for SAD

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