Tim Brunson DCH

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Neural correlates of sad faces predict clinical remission to cognitive behavioural therapy in dep.

Posted At : June 29, 2009 3:16 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Mental Disorders
Currently, there are no neurobiological markers of clinical response for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) used in clinical practice. We investigated the neural pattern of activity to implicit processing of sad facial expressions as a predictive marker of clinical response. Sixteen medication-free patients in an acute episode of major depression underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging scans before treatment with CBT. Nine patients showed a full clinical response. The pattern of activity, which predicted clinical response, was analysed with support vector machine and leave-one-out cross-validation. The functional neuroanatomy of sad faces at the lowest and highest intensities identified patients, before the initiation of therapy, who had a full clinical response to CBT (sensitivity 71%, specificity 86%, P = 0.029).

Neuroreport. 2009 Mar 31. Costafreda SG, Khanna A, Mourao-Miranda J, Fu CH. Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK.

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Brian Green's Gravatar Hi Tim. I find these snippets very frustrating. If a report is interesting I would love a link back to the original, though copywrite might not allow direct connection/display.

I am sure I am not alone in claiming statistics and neurobiological natterings are not my strong points.

Failing this, for the more technical jargon loaded articles, a summary of the meaning/relevance of the conclusions or findings is necessary, if I am not to feel teased.
Best wishes, Brian.
# Posted By Brian Green | 7/7/09 10:27 PM
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