Vol 15, No 1 (2018)
Review paper
Published online: 2018-03-28
Phototherapy, progression of applications in psychiatry and other fields of medicine
Psychiatria 2018;15(1):50-52.
Abstract
The presented work aims at approximating knowledge about phototherapy as one of non-pharmacological therapeutic
methods. Those methods are based on the knowledge of the natural rhythms of a human being and depend on the
influence of adventures and the demands of civilization progress. Currently, with the evolution of technical possibilities,
the form of patients’ exposure to this healing method is changed. Expanding knowledge about phototherapy makes
attempts to use phototherapy outside of psychiatry and seasonal affective disorders.
Keywords: chronobiologylight therapyseasonal affective disorders
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