Light Therapy for Elderly Depression

Inclusion Criteria: * Understanding and speaking Dutch language * 60 years of age or older * Presence of a Major Depressive Disorder according to DSM-IV (SCID-based) * When under treatment of an ophthalmologist, his / her approval for participation. Exclusion Criteria: * Progressive eye diseases, glaucoma or cataract for which an operation is scheduled in near future, aphakia, retinopathies like maculopathy, retinitis pigmentosa or ablatio retina. * Physical problems or disorders which require specific medical treatment like Lupus, untreated diabetes, malignancies, organic brain disorders, chronic infections, thyroid disorders not adequately treated, thyroid associated ophthalmopathies, M. Parkinson. * Presence of any concurrent substance abuse problem * Presence of other actual axis-I disorders like bipolar disorder, dementias, delirium, all psychotic disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder. * Use of tricyclic antidepressants, MAOIs. * Use of corticosteroids. * Use of tetracyclic antibiotics. * Treatment with antidepressants shorter than 2 months * Use of oral contraceptives. * Treatment with light therapy in the past.