A simple brain scan may help doctors to predict whether depressed patients would attain benefits from antidepressant medication or psychotherapy. The metabolic activity in certain regions of the brain may be linked with the outcome of therapy in patients with major depressive disorder. Neurologist Helen Mayberg from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and her colleagues found that a PET scan of the brain can reveal whether a patient will respond ...Sunday, 23 June 2013
PET Scan of the Brain may Predict Treatment Outcome in Depression
A simple brain scan may help doctors to predict whether depressed patients would attain benefits from antidepressant medication or psychotherapy. The metabolic activity in certain regions of the brain may be linked with the outcome of therapy in patients with major depressive disorder. Neurologist Helen Mayberg from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and her colleagues found that a PET scan of the brain can reveal whether a patient will respond ...
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