Brighter future for light therapy: harmonising the reporting of light interventions in psychiatry

Manuel Spitschan^#^{1

2

3}, Laura Kervezee^#⁴, Renske Lok^#⁵, Elise McGlashan^#⁶, Raymond P Najjar^#^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munchen, Germany manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
² Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
³ TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM IAS), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
⁴ Department of Cellular and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁶ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁸ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39054044
PMCID: PMC11284921
DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301060

Brighter future for light therapy: harmonising the reporting of light interventions in psychiatry

Manuel Spitschan et al. BMJ Ment Health. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 23;27(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301060.

Authors

Manuel Spitschan^#^{1

2

3}, Laura Kervezee^#⁴, Renske Lok^#⁵, Elise McGlashan^#⁶, Raymond P Najjar^#^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munchen, Germany manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
² Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
³ TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM IAS), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
⁴ Department of Cellular and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁶ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore manuel.spitschan@tum.de L.Kervezee@lumc.nl rlok@stanford.edu elise.mcglashan@unimelb.edu.au rpnajjar@nus.edu.sg.
⁸ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39054044
PMCID: PMC11284921
DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301060

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Keywords: Depression; PSYCHIATRY; Sleep.

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