MRI scans ‘detect early schizophrenia’
MRI scans used to pick up brain tumours could detect early schizophrenia in young adults, suggests a new study.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) found they were able to detect the unique brain characteristics of individuals suffering from schizophrenia using the scans, which are normally used to diagnose strokes and tumours.
Schizophrenic is one of the most severe mental disorders, typically developing in the late teens or early twenties.
The team, led by Dr Christos Davatzikos, found brain scans were 83 per cent accurate in detecting the early brain characteristics of schizophrenia sufferers.
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“MRI scans ‘detect early schizophrenia’”
what concerns me about this… is the 12% error rate.
what are the likely effects of telling someone they are likely to develop schizophrena?
i imagine i might feel a little apathetic about my future to say the least…
oops.
i’ll learn to count one day…
I think the MRI result should be interpreted with the early suspected behavioral changes of the person. also, family history of schizophrenia should be cosidered.
I think the whole article should be longer. Not much news here. The author should elaborate on how Dr. Christos arrived at those results.
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