simulation to a maximum of two lux, and an hour of wearing clear glasses while doing basic things. After a week, both treatments and all subjects entered a ‘washout’ period, which were one to two weeks long. During this ‘washout’ period, both subjects would wear the dark glasses again. After this ‘washout’ period, subjects then had alternate treatments. If dependents had the active treatment previously, they would now receive the Placebo, and vice versa. The purpose of testing all subjects in both treatments is to see how the body reacts after a darker environment is exposed, to both the active and Placebo treatments. After this was completed, each weekly evaluation, kept by the Doctors was checked, the three questionnaires, where looked through again, and then the final questions were all figured together and then given a score to place how effective this treatment was. At the end of the study children were asked when they felt the best, when they felt OK, and when they felt the worst. The results showed that either treatment received would help, but that the active treatment helped the majority. It shows that 71% of the twenty-eight subjects had at least a 50% decrease in symptoms, while the 25%had some decrease of symptoms. When asked, the children felt the best during treatment, 80% said during the active treatment. There have been many studies given to show the effectiveness of light therapy and how well it can work. The change of seasons is one way in which environment has an effect on human behavior. Many people feel better and act better when it is a nice day out, when the sun is shinning, especially kids. In most cases, children have more energy in the summer than in the winter. “Seasonal Affective Disorder,” affects many people, but researchers still do not know everything about this disorder, but they are finding ways to make life for the people affected by this diso...
