Description: Our chronotherapy program will provide circadian rhythm-based treatments for depression, seasonal affective disorder, and bipolar disorder. We employ modifications in the sleep-wake cycle and daily light exposure to stabilize mood and lift depression. A unique service of our program is outpatient triple chronotherapy that combines Wake therapy, sleep phase advance and bright light therapy to rapidly induce remission in depression.
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Psychiatric Chronotherapy A set of circadian rhythm-altering interventions that treat depression by adjustments of the sleep-wake cycle and daily light exposure. These include bright light therapy , dawn simulation , and wake therapy .
Rapid Treatment for Depression Standard antidepressant medications usually require anywhere from 3 to 8 weeks to achieve significant results. Light-based chronotherapies typically produce similar effects in 1 to 3 weeks. Chronotherapies utilizing wake therapy, including triple chronotherapy , commonly generate remissions within 1 to 2 days.
Accelerates and Enhances Standard Treatments for Depression Chronotherapies can be used with antidepressant medications to increase speed and degree of treatment response.