Sedert ek in 1990 praktiseer as Kliniese Sielkundige, vra mense gereeld vir my die vraag: "Is daar dalk 'n bloedtoets waarmee bepaal kan word of ek rerig depressie het?"
Ongelukkig was daar tot baie onlangs nie so iets in die mediese wereld beskikbaar nie. Diagnose word gemaak suiwer op grond van simptome, maar dit lyk asof die prentjie in die toekoms moontlik gaan verander ...
First blood test to diagnose depression in adults
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140917121229.htm
The first blood test to diagnose major depression in adults has been
developed, providing the first objective, scientific diagnosis for depression.
Mental health has been where medicine was 100 years ago when physicians
diagnosed illnesses or disorders based on symptoms," said co-lead author
David Mohr, a professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center
for Behavioral Intervention Technologies at Feinberg. "This study brings us
much closer to having laboratory tests that can be used in diagnosis and
treatment selection."
Major depressive disorder affects 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population in a year, a number
that is rising. There is a two-to 40- month delay in diagnosis, and the longer
the delay, the more difficult it is to treat depression. An estimated 12.5
percent of patients in primary care have major depression but only about half of
those cases are diagnosed. A biologically based test has the potential to
provide a more timely and accurate
diagnosis.
DAAR MOET EGTER NOG VERDERE NAVORSING GEDOEN WORD OM TE BEPAAL OF DIE BLOEDTOETS WERKLIK VAN WAARDE IS
Ongelukkig was daar tot baie onlangs nie so iets in die mediese wereld beskikbaar nie. Diagnose word gemaak suiwer op grond van simptome, maar dit lyk asof die prentjie in die toekoms moontlik gaan verander ...
First blood test to diagnose depression in adults
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140917121229.htm
The first blood test to diagnose major depression in adults has been
developed, providing the first objective, scientific diagnosis for depression.
Mental health has been where medicine was 100 years ago when physicians
diagnosed illnesses or disorders based on symptoms," said co-lead author
David Mohr, a professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center
for Behavioral Intervention Technologies at Feinberg. "This study brings us
much closer to having laboratory tests that can be used in diagnosis and
treatment selection."
Major depressive disorder affects 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population in a year, a number
that is rising. There is a two-to 40- month delay in diagnosis, and the longer
the delay, the more difficult it is to treat depression. An estimated 12.5
percent of patients in primary care have major depression but only about half of
those cases are diagnosed. A biologically based test has the potential to
provide a more timely and accurate
diagnosis.
DAAR MOET EGTER NOG VERDERE NAVORSING GEDOEN WORD OM TE BEPAAL OF DIE BLOEDTOETS WERKLIK VAN WAARDE IS
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