Researchers at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU) and the Russian Science Foundation have developed a new diagnostic method based on data on neural connections in the brain, obtained using an MRI machine.
It is noted that scientists have restored the functional networks of the brain of healthy people and patients with depression. The methodology, called the "consensus approach", revealed differences in the results of functional MRI in two groups of people.
It is known that 3.8% of the world's population suffers from depressive disorder. Diagnosis of the disease is complicated by the fact that there are currently no accurate tests confirming depression in a patient. Psychiatrists make a diagnosis after talking with the patient.
The development of Russian scientists allows to determine depression with a high level of accuracy. In the near future, BFUR specialists plan to create a system for automatic recognition of depression using MRI.