Monday, May 1, 2017

Personalized psychiatry matches therapy to specific patients with depression

Selecting the antidepressant that will be most effective for a specific patient suffering from depression can be a ‘try and try again’ process. Examining new personalized and precision psychiatry approaches, a new study shows that body mass index, sex of the patient, and symptom profile can be used to determine a personalized treatment that guides antidepressant choice and significantly improves patient outcome.



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