Predicting if antidepressants will work for you
From U.K. Business Weekly:
[Using MRI], the researchers found that when certain areas of the patients’ brains developed a greater volume of grey matter, or greater activity was recorded in the front of the brain, they were able to predict whether a patient would present a more rapid or even complete improvement during antidepressant treatment.“This study shows that the rate of symptom improvement in depressed patients treated with antidepressant drugs can be predicted by brain scanning before treatment begins. The results add new evidence in favour of the view that we may be able in future to personalise treatment for depressed patients.”
The UK government is excited about this because it might save them money; they won't have to spend as much on pharmaceuticals. In the U.S., I'm guessing this same research will be suppressed, since saving people money is exactly what pharmaceutical companies don't want you to do.
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