Symptom Based Treatment Affects Brain Plasticity - Cognitive Training in Patients With Affective Symptoms

collection of functional brain data for 1 hour per day

Task of the participants is to increase the activity in the selected brain region (left or right prefrontal cortex). After regulation they will get a feedback about the regulation success. (Patients: days 3 \& 4; controls: Days 2 \& 3)

to assess the mood before and after the fMRI and after 4 weeks during a telephone interview

to assess depressive symptomatology before neurofeedback and 4 weeks after the intervention during telephone interview

To assess emotion regulation strategies before and after neurofeedback training (patients: day 3\&4; controls: day 2\&3) and after 4 weeks during a telephone interview