Friday Symposium

Friday June 29, 2007. 9:00 to 11:15 am

Light therapy for non-seasonal depression

Chair: Klaus Martiny

 

Klaus Martiny M.D., PhD

Consultant Psychiatrist,

Psychiatric Research Unit

Frederiksborg General Hospital

Denmark

Short introduction of speakers and subject

Anna Wirz-Justice PhD

Professor Anna Wirz-Justice,

Centre for Chronobiology

Psychiatric University Clinics

Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27

CH-4025 Basel, Switzerland

 

The impact of light on human physiology

Namni Goel PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

USA

Light treatment for chronic depression

Klaus Martiny M.D., PhD

Consultant Psychiatrist,

Psychiatric Research Unit

Frederiksborg General Hospital

Denmark

Augmentation of  antidepressants by light treatment

Arja Tuunainen M.D., PhD

Assistant Professor

University of Helsinki

Finland

What is the evidence for an antidepressant effect of light treatment in non-seasonal depression?

Discussion

 

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