Talk therapy for depression?

Brain scan may predict efficacy

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RESEARCHERS have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether talk therapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help a patient recover from depression.

"All depressions are not equal and like different types of cancer, different types of depression will require specific treatments," said lead researcher Helen Mayberg, Professor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, US.