Preliminary Findings Supporting Insula Metabolic Activity as a Predictor of Outcome to Psychotherapy and Medication Treatments for Depression

Autor: W. Edward Craighead, Boadie W. Dunlop, Callie L. McGrath, Mary E. Kelley, Helen S. Mayberg
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 27:237-239
ISSN: 1545-7222
0895-0172
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14030048
Popis: A putative right anterior insula metabolism biomarker predictive of treatment outcomes was retrospectively applied to 30 depressed psychotherapy--or escitalopram-treated nonremitters who entered combination treatment. Patients whose added treatment matched the biomarker-indicated treatment remitted more often than biomarker-mismatched patients.
Databáze: OpenAIRE