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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Adolescent depression: Study protocol for a randomized, controlled, double-blind multicenter parallel group trial of Bright Light Therapy in a naturalistic inpatient setting (DeLight)

Inclusion criteria

Moderate to severe depression (BDI-II)

Inpatients aged 12–18 years

Written informed consent of the inpatient and the caretaker

Exclusion criteria

Acute suicidality, bipolar 1 disorder, or schizophrenia

Pregnancy or lactation

Treatment with beta-blocker or with high-potency neuroleptics

Diseases of the retina

IQ < 70

Non-German-speaking child or caretaker

  1. BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II