Blue-Light Therapy for Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

André DoVictor W LiSamantha HuangErin E MichalakEdwin M TamTrisha ChakrabartyLakshmi N YathamRaymond W Lam

Published in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2022)

The efficacy of blue-light therapy in the treatment of seasonal and non-seasonal MDD remains unproven. Future trials should be of longer duration, include larger sample sizes, and attempt to better standardize the parameters of light therapy.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
major depressive disorder
sleep quality
physical activity
replacement therapy
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow
light emitting