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Clinical Research Results of
Dawn Simulation
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| “This analysis of randomized, controlled trials suggests that bright light treatment and dawn simulation for seasonal affective disorder and bright light for nonseasonal depression are efficacious, with effect sizes equivalent to those in most antidepressant pharmacotherapy trials.” |
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- - Avery, D. H., Dawn simulation and bright light in the treatment of SAD: a controlled study. Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2001, 50:3, 205-216
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| “Dawn simulation was associated with greater remission and response rates compared to the placebo and compared to bright light therapy.” |
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- - Avery, D. H., Dawn simulation and bright light in the treatment of SAD: a controlled study. Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2001, 50:3, 205-216
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| “This study indicates that dawn simulation is an effective treatment for winter depression.” |
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- - Avery, D. H., Dawn simulation treatment of winter depression: a controlled study, 1993, American Journal of Psychiatry, 150:113-117
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| “Participants reported that they felt more alert and less tired when using the dawn simulator to wake them in the morning rather than their usual alarm clock.” |
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- - Thorn, L., The effect of dawn simulation on the cortisol
response to awakening in healthy participants, 2004, Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology 29, 925–930
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| “Compared to a placebo condition, dawn simulation appears effective in decreasing both prospectively assessed morning drowsiness and retrospectively assessed difficulty awakening.” |
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- - Avery, D. H., Is dawn simulation effective in ameliorating the difficulty awakening in seasonal affective disorder associated with hypersomnia? 2002, Journal of Affective Disorders, 69(1-3):231-236.
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| “The results support the effectiveness of dawn simulation in the treatment of nondepressed but seasonally symptomatic individuals.” |
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- - Norden, M. J.; Avery, D. H., A controlled study of dawn simulation in subsyndromal winter depression, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 88(1), Jul 1993, pp. 67-71
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