Depression Screening Test For Teens
Researchers at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago have developed a blood test that they say can diagnose depression in teenagers. The test, which was first developed in rats, can identify the presence of 26 markers linked to major depression disorder. The scientists say this test could be immensely helpful in diagnosing major depression in teens, a group that is both highly prone to the condition and sometimes resistant to reporting depression symptoms or seeking treatment to...
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Depression diagnosis, screening tests
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