Sleep Medicine and Mental Health by Karim Sedky & Racha Nazir & David Bennett

Sleep Medicine and Mental Health by Karim Sedky & Racha Nazir & David Bennett

Author:Karim Sedky & Racha Nazir & David Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030444471
Publisher: Springer International Publishing


Typical Outpatient Light Therapy Protocols

A typical protocol for light therapy is 10,000 lux of white light “as soon as possible after waking,” for 30 minutes [78]. Light therapy is optimized along four parameters: intensity, spectrum, timing, and duration. Parameters originally established for SAD were used in nonseasonal depression trials and found to be efficacious. Given this baseline efficacy, dosing formally optimized for nonseasonal depression in particular has not yet been established.



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