by Anne Crawford
Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder (or MDD) can appear similar in patients but distinguishing them is vital for clinicians to give the right and most efficacious treatment.
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) researchers have developed a novel way of doing this – by recording the electrical activity from the outer ear canal. Their findings were published recently in a paper in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.
Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder (or MDD) can appear similar in patients but distinguishing them is vital for clinicians to give the right and most efficacious treatment.
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) researchers have developed a novel way of doing this – by recording the electrical activity from the outer ear canal. Their findings were published recently in a paper in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.