LIGHT TREATMENT FOR WINTER SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 该方案涉及用光疗法治疗患有季节性抑郁症的成年人。季节性抑郁症患者在秋末/冬季往往会出现反复的情绪问题以及体重增加/活动减少。本研究的目的是评估（1）第一小时光照治疗的情绪症状反应是否预示着6周后的反应;&（2）如果代谢参数（体重、%体脂、血压）在治疗6周后改善，并观察代谢变化是否与情绪变化有关，或者它们是否独立于情绪改善而发生。（本研究的招募将是季节性的-我们将只在春季进行秋季方案）

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This protocol involves treatment of adults with seasonal depression with light therapy. Patients with seasonal depression tend to have recurrent mood problems as well as weight gain/decreased activity in late fall/winter months.The purpose of this study is to assess if (1) mood symptom response to first hour light treatment predicts response at 6 weeks; & (2) if metabolic parameters (weight, % body fat, blood pressure) improve after 6 weeks of treatment, and to see if metabolic changes are associated with changes in mood or if they occur independently of mood improvement. (Recruitment for this study will be seasonal - we will only be conducting the protocol fall through the spring)