Role of Light Therapy in Circadian Rhythm
Sleep-wake Disorders

CHEN Feng, FAN Mei, XIANG Ting, PAN Jiyang

doi:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.01.030

Zhongguo quanke yixue (Jan 2022)

Role of Light Therapy in Circadian Rhythm Sleep-wake Disorders

CHEN Feng, FAN Mei, XIANG Ting, PAN Jiyang

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CHEN Feng, FAN Mei, XIANG Ting, PAN Jiyang: 1.School of Management，Jinan University，Guangzhou 510632，China 2.Department of Psychiatry，the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University，Guangzhou 510632，China *Corresponding author：PAN Jiyang，Professor，Chief physician；E-mail：[email protected]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.01.030
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 02
pp. 248 – 253

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Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder (CRSWD) affects people's health and well-being.Current treatments mainly include exogenous melatonin therapy and light therapy, among which light therapy plays an important role in the treatment of CRSWDas a non-drug treatment.We conducted a review on recent studies about CRSWD, covering the pathogenesis of CRSWD, principle and efficacy of light therapy in CRSWD, aiming to offer new ideas for clinical treatment of CRSWD.

|sleep disorders, circadian rhythm|circadian rhythm|phototherapy|review

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ISSN: 1007-9572 (Print)
Publisher: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine
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