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| October 15, 2002 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN -- The first randomized trial of bright white light therapy for postpartum depression found that it helped, but was no better than red light placebo, Dr. Maria Corral said at the 12th World Congress of Psychiatry.

Postpartum depression improved in all 18 women randomized to 8 weeks of daily half-hour sessions sitting in front of a light box. The depression lifted regardless of whether the boxes emitted 10,000 W of bright white light or 600 W of filtered red light, said Dr. Corral of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Weekly scores on a modified Hamilton Depression Scale called the SIGH-SAD improved with treatment by an average of…

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