LIGHT TREATMENT FOR SAD

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 该方案包括对患有季节性抑郁症的成年人进行光疗。季节性抑郁症患者往往有反复出现的情绪问题以及晚秋/冬季的体重增加/活动减少。本研究的目的是评估(1)情绪症状对第一小时光照治疗的反应预测6周后的反应；(2)代谢参数(体重、体脂百分比、血压)在治疗6周后是否有所改善，并了解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。(这项研究的招募将是季节性的-我们将只在春季进行方案)

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)