光照治疗抑郁发作的研究进展

Research progress of light therapy for depressive episode

抑郁症是一种常见的精神疾病,具有高患病率、高致残率的特点。近年来,有许多关于抑郁症物理治疗的探索,其中研究发现光照治疗可以通过多种途径与机制改善抑郁情绪,目前广泛应用于治疗季节性情感障碍,但对其他病程中有抑郁发作或抑郁症状的精神疾病,光照治疗的疗效与安全性仍处于探索之中。本文就光照治疗在抑郁发作中的研究现状、作用机制及目前存在的问题进行综述。

Major depressive disorder is a common mental disorder with high morbidity and disability rate.There have been many explorations on physical therapy for depression in recent years.Some studies have found that light therapy can improve depressive mood through a variety of mechanisms,and has been widely used in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder,but the efficacy and safety of light therapy are still under further investigation for other psychiatric diseases with depressive episode or depressive symptoms.This paper describes the research status of light therapy in depressive episode and discusses its mechanism of action and current problems.