Chronotherapeutics for affective disorders; a clinician's manual for light and wake therapy.

9783805591201

Chronotherapeutics for affective disorders; a clinician's manual for light and wake therapy.

Wirz-Justice, Anna et al.

S. Karger, AG

2009

116 pages

$48.00

Paperback

RC537

This manual was written with the intent to allow clinicians to use the principles of chronotherapeutics in their treatment of patients with seasonal affective disorder, non-seasonal depression, and other psychologic and neurologic illnesses. The manual illustrates combinations of light therapy and "wake therapy" and how they can be used to achieve rapid results and, by lessening residual symptoms, minimize relapses. The book also examines the clinical research on the topic, explains the circadian timing system, and provides clear instruction on how to treat both inpatients and outpatients. Authors are Wirz-Justice (emeritus, psychiatric neurobiology, Psychiatric U. Clinics Basel), Benedetti (psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano), and Terman (clinical psychiatry, Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons).

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