Personalized psychiatry matches therapy to specific patients with depression
Monday, May 1, 2017 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
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.