Commentary

Editorial: Light Therapy for Depression in the Elderly


 

Clinical Decision

You share the findings of the study with your patient. You discuss that the study focused on subjects without seasonal variation, whereas her symptoms seem to be seasonally related. She is willing to try BLT. She invests in a light machine and returns to your 2 months later with a significant improvement in her depressive symptoms. Her husband thinks you are "brilliant" and tells all of their friends about this "amazing discovery."

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