The CARE (Collaborative Adolescent Running Experience) Project

The CARE Project: Collaborative Adolescent Running Experience

This study is being completed to see if participants activity levels may have an impact as a treatment for depression, or depressive symptoms.

Eligible participants will be enrolled and have an 8-week running intervention three times each week.

The study hypothesizes that adolescents with Psychiatric disorders that are experiencing depressive symptoms will participate in a supported running intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Psychiatric disorders that are experiencing depressive symptoms (defined by the protocol)
• Must have a smart phone
• Parents/guardians will be advised to discuss their child's participation in the intervention with the participant's primary care physician

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents with unstable cardiac, pulmonary, endocrine or renal disorders
• Adolescents with previous injuries or other conditions that may impact the safety of a running intervention