ND-0692 · 2001 · Other
Morning sunlight reduces length of hospitalization in bipolar depression
Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, et al. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2001.
doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00149-X · Finding checked against the abstract
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What the source reports
Among 602 depressed inpatients, bipolar patients in east-facing rooms, with direct morning sun, left hospital 3.67 days sooner on average than those in west-facing rooms. There was no effect in unipolar depression.
Design questions and applications
Orient psychiatric rooms to get morning sun.
Field
Light and circadian
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card benedetti-2001-morning) on 2026-11-09; the card finding was rewritten from the abstract. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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