Biomarkers in psychiatry: drawbacks and potential for misuse
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Biomarkers in psychiatry: drawbacks and potential for misuse
For more than 20 years, researchers have attempted to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, major (unipolar) depression, and bipolar disorder. Advocates of this research contend that identifying such biomarkers will aid in the diagnosis of these disorders, as well as the possible development of effective psychiatric medications to treat...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1755-7682
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-3-1