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| Category |
Psychiatry |
| Manuscript Type |
Clinical Trials Study |
| Article Title |
Light treatment for seasonal Winter depression in African-American vs Caucasian outpatients
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Hyacinth N Uzoma, Gloria M Reeves, Patricia Langenberg, Baharak Khabazghazvini, Theodora G Balis, Mary A Johnson, Aamar Sleemi, Debra A Scrandis, Sarah A Zimmerman, Dipika Vaswani, Gagan Virk Nijjar, Johanna Cabassa, Manana Lapidus, Kelly J Rohan and Teodor T Postolache |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under award |
1R34MH073797-01A2(to Postolache TT) |
| National Institutes of Health award |
K12RR023250-01 (In part, to Reeves GM) |
| National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health award |
M01 RR 16500 |
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| Corresponding Author |
Teodor T Postolache, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, Suite 930, Baltimore, MD 21201-1549,
United States. tpostola@psych.umaryland.edu
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| Key Words |
Seasonal affective disorder; Depression; Light treatment; African-American; Black; Remission gap; Ethnicity; Race |
| Core Tip |
Consistent findings suggesting that light treatment is safe and effective for Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) emerged from prior research on samples with highly predominant Caucasian representation. As there are no previous reports on light treatment for SAD in African-Americans, we undertook the first study comparing effects of light treatment in African-American and Caucasian patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder. After six weeks of treatment, improvement in depression scores, response (50% improvement in symptoms), and adherence to treatment were similar between the two racial groups. However, the remission rates were significantly lower in African-Americans. Thus additional research is needed to better understand and ultimately reduce the remission gap between Caucasian and African-American patients with SAD. |
| Publish Date |
2015-03-23 14:43 |
| Citation |
Uzoma HN, Reeves GM, Langenberg P, Khabazghazvini B, Balis TG, Johnson MA, Sleemi A, Scrandis DA, Zimmerman SA, Vaswani D, Nijjar GV, Cabassa J, Lapidus M, Rohan KJ, Postolache TT. Light treatment for seasonal Winter depression in African-American vs Caucasian outpatients. World J Psychiatr 2015; 5(1): 138-146 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v5/i1/138.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v5.i1.138 |
