Augmentation of antidepressants with bright light therapy in patients with comorbid depression and borderline personality disorder

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://mefanet.upol.cz/BP/2010/4/355.pdf" target="_blank" >http://mefanet.upol.cz/BP/2010/4/355.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Augmentation of antidepressants with bright light therapy in patients with comorbid depression and borderline personality disorder

Original language description

Backround. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is typically characterized by instability and impairmed behaviour, affectivity, interpersonal relations and lifestyle. The most common condition comorbid with BPD is a depressive episode. Depression is associated with severe disturbance of the circadian rhythms. This is apparent in depressive patients with BPD. Both sleep and diurnal rhythms are disturbed and the symptoms fluctuate. Bright light may be an effective in treatment of seasonal affective disorder, circadian sleep disorder and jet lag. It also improves sleep-wake patterns and behavioural disorders in hospitalized patients with Alzheimer´s disease. Several studies have suggested antidepressant effects of phototherapy in non-seasonal depressiveepisodes. The treatment of comorbid depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) is usually reported to be less successful than the treatment of patients without personality disorder. Studies describing the use of bright

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FL - Psychiatry, sexology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/1M0517" target="_blank" >1M0517: Center of Neuropsychiatric Studies 2005-2009 (Neurobiology in Clinical Application)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biomedical Papers-Olomouc

ISSN

1213-8118

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

154

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

355-362

UT code for WoS article

000285643800013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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