UCLA researchers develop biomarker for rapid relief of major depression
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
It is a long, slow slog to treat major depression. Many antidepressant medications are available, but no single biomarker or diagnostic test exists to predict which one is right for an individual. As a result, for more than half of all patients, the first drug prescribed doesn't work, and it can take months to figure out what does.