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| Title |
Efficacy of light therapy for perinatal depression: a review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1880-6805-31-15 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shannon K Crowley, Shawn D Youngstedt |
| 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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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 103 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 32 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 13% |
| Psychology | 12 | 12% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Unknown | 32 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2016.
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