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Bright Light Therapy for MDD in Children and Adolescents: a narrative review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common mood disorder diagnosed in children and adolescents. Bright light therapy has been effective for seasonal affective disorders, however its role in the treatment of MDD is under studied. OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to evaluate if bright light...

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Autores principales: Vadukapuram, R., Trivedi, C., Mansuri, Z., Shah, K., Reddy, A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567062/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1418
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author Vadukapuram, R.
Trivedi, C.
Mansuri, Z.
Shah, K.
Reddy, A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common mood disorder diagnosed in children and adolescents. Bright light therapy has been effective for seasonal affective disorders, however its role in the treatment of MDD is under studied. OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to evaluate if bright light therapy (BLT) is a practical approach in treating Child and Adolescents having MDD. METHODS: We performed an extensive literature search using a wide range of MeSH terms in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar. We reviewed the literature for studies (published between 1983-2021) assessing the efficacy of BLT in the treatment of MDD in children and adolescents. RESULTS: The final search results yielded 8 randomized clinical trials and 1 case report from 1983 to 2021. BLT showed a superior effect in children and adolescents with MDD compared to the control group in the majority of the randomized trials and a case report. In six studies BLT showed good effect, however in a study by Magnusson et al. and Sonis et al., found a milder degree of improvement in depression symptoms when compared to the control group. In the majority of the studies, patients’ age range was 7 years 18 and in most of the studies, patients were not on antidepressants. CONCLUSIONS: The use of BLT in children and adolescents suffering from MDD can be a promising alternative method of biological treatment, which is effective as well as well tolerated. Future long-term studies on large sample size are necessary in this field. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-95670622022-10-17 Bright Light Therapy for MDD in Children and Adolescents: a narrative review of literature Vadukapuram, R. Trivedi, C. Mansuri, Z. Shah, K. Reddy, A. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common mood disorder diagnosed in children and adolescents. Bright light therapy has been effective for seasonal affective disorders, however its role in the treatment of MDD is under studied. OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to evaluate if bright light therapy (BLT) is a practical approach in treating Child and Adolescents having MDD. METHODS: We performed an extensive literature search using a wide range of MeSH terms in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar. We reviewed the literature for studies (published between 1983-2021) assessing the efficacy of BLT in the treatment of MDD in children and adolescents. RESULTS: The final search results yielded 8 randomized clinical trials and 1 case report from 1983 to 2021. BLT showed a superior effect in children and adolescents with MDD compared to the control group in the majority of the randomized trials and a case report. In six studies BLT showed good effect, however in a study by Magnusson et al. and Sonis et al., found a milder degree of improvement in depression symptoms when compared to the control group. In the majority of the studies, patients’ age range was 7 years 18 and in most of the studies, patients were not on antidepressants. CONCLUSIONS: The use of BLT in children and adolescents suffering from MDD can be a promising alternative method of biological treatment, which is effective as well as well tolerated. Future long-term studies on large sample size are necessary in this field. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9567062/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1418 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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