Emory Study Shows MRI's Predict Best Treatment For Depression

Emory Study Shows MRI's Predict Best Treatment For Depression
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Trial and error. That has been the way experts have long treated depressed patients. They must decide if the person in front of them will benefit most from psychotherapy or medication.

Sometimes the treatment works. Sometimes it doesn’t.

The guesswork is going away.

A decade long, NIH funded study at Emory Brain Health Center led by Doctor Helen Mayberg will revolutionize the way depression is treated.

MRI’s taken before treatment can show whether a person needs talk therapy or medication.

Here are the lives changed because of this groundbreaking discovery.

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