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Zeitschrift für Komplementärmedizin 2010; 2(4): 20-24
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250096
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Lichttherapie bei Depressionen und depressiven Verstimmungen

Jürgen Staedt
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Publication Date:
09 August 2010 (online)

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Zusammenfassung

Die Lichttherapie ist eine anerkannte und empfehlenswerte Behandlungsmethode nicht nur für saisonale, sondern auch für mono- und bipolare Depressionen. Wie sie wirkt und was zu beachten ist, lesen Sie hier.

Schlüsselwörter

Depression - depressive Verstimmung - Lichttherapie - Chronobiologie

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Weiterführende Informationen

  • 26 Der Morning-Eveningness-Questionnaire zur Bestimmung des Chronotyps kann kostenlos im Internet herunterladen werden: http://www.cet.org

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Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Staedt

Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Memory Clinic Vivantes Klinikum Berlin Spandau

Neue Bergstraße 6

13585 Berlin

Email: juergen.staedt@vivantes.de

Jürgen Staedt, Jahrgang 1959, Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie – Schlafmedizin – Klinische Geriatrie; Apl. Professor der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Göttingen, Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik – Memory Clinic Vivantes Klinikum Berlin Spandau.

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