ReviewJournal of physiological anthropology2012
Efficacy of light therapy for perinatal depression: a review.
Review in Journal of physiological anthropology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 6. Special Populations: Youth, Women, and the Elderly.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions (other than pharmacological, psychosocial or psychological) for treating antenatal depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Sleep and light ecologies of parents with young infants: descriptive findings from the SUNSHINE project.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
- Psychiatric Considerations of Infertility.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Perinatal Depression and the Role of Synaptic Plasticity in Its Pathogenesis and Treatment.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A review of the studies on nonvisual lighting effects in the field of physiological anthropology.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2019Review
- Shortening day length: a potential risk factor for perinatal depression.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Chronobiology, sleep-related risk factors and light therapy in perinatal depression: the "Life-ON" project.BMC psychiatry · 2016Observational
- [Treatment of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the breast feeding : Psychotherapy and other nondrug therapies].Der Nervenarzt · 2016Review
- Nonpharmacologic treatments for depression related to reproductive events.Current psychiatry reports · 2014Review
- Perinatal depression: an update and overview.Current psychiatry reports · 2014Review
- Antepartum depression severity is increased during seasonally longer nights: relationship to melatonin and cortisol timing and quantity.Chronobiology international · 2013Article
- Association between melanopsin gene polymorphism (I394T) and pupillary light reflex is dependent on light wavelength.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Perinatal depression is an important public health problem affecting 10% to 20% of childbearing women. Perinatal depression is associated with significant morbidity, and has enormous consequences for the wellbeing of the mother and child. During the perinatal period, treatment of depression, which could affect the mother and child during pregnancy and lactation, poses a complex problem for both mother and clinician. Bright light therapy may be an attractive treatment for perinatal depression because it is low cost, home-based, and has a much lower side effect profile than pharmacotherapy. The antidepressant effects of bright light are well established, and there are several rationales for expecting that bright light might also be efficacious for perinatal depression. This review describes these rationales, summarizes the available evidence on the efficacy of bright light therapy for perinatal depression, and discusses future directions for investigation of bright light therapy as a treatment for perinatal depression.
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