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Depression
Study: Brain monitoring predicts treatment response in depressed patients
June 28th, 2004
Interim analysis of a study being performed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has demonstrated that Aspect Medical Systems' (ASPM) brain monitoring technology was able to predict the effectiveness of antidepressant medications in treating depressed patients with 83% accuracy. The study, which is currently being conducted at the Depression Clinical and Research Program at MGH and Harvard Medical School, was presented at the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit meeting, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. The MGH study was initiated in May 2003 to provide prospective validation of earlier research that showed that Aspect's brain...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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