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Toward smarter selection of therapy for psychiatric disorders
Source: MIT News Researchers find that brain scans can predict the success of treatment for social anxiety disorder. For patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD), current behavioral and pharmaceutical treatments work about half the time. After weeks of investment...
Brain activity pattern may be early sign of schizophrenia
Source: MIT News Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. While some signs can suggest that a person is at high risk for developing the disorder, there is...
Charting the cerebellum
Source: McGovern Institute News Small and tucked away under the cerebral hemispheres toward the back of the brain, the human cerebellum is still immediately obvious due to its distinct structure. From Galen’s second century anatomical description to Cajal’s systematic...
Changing how we diagnose and treat mental illness
Imagine that a doctor could know which treatment would best help a patient with depression, anxiety, or some other mental illness by taking a picture of the person’s brain, not unlike the way people get an X-ray for a broken bone. That, along with early detection and...