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 …
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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.