Friday, 2 May 2014

Could measuring cortisol levels become a biological test for risk of depression in adolescent males?

Could measuring cortisol levels become a biological test for risk of depression in adolescent males?

Is it possible to work out which of two adolescents sitting before you complaining of unhappiness, which one will go home and sleep it off and which will go on to develop an episode of major depression? Has the biological revolution in psychiatry finally come to fruition with a useful biomarker for making treatment decisions? [read the full story...]  The Mental Elf

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