How do doctors test you for depression?
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2015
- Diagnosing Depression With A Drop Of Blood
First blood test to diagnose depression in adults.
Analyzing a single drop of blood can reveal almost any virus, many cancers, your cholesterol level and information for diabetics. Now, for the first time, your blood can help diagnose your mental health.
"What we found is a panel of markers that have different levels in patients with depression," said Eva Redei, a neuroscientists at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Redei and her team have found signs in the blood that could change how depression is diagnosed.
"Depression is truly one of those illnesses that have been diagnosed very subjectively," she said.
Today, more than 1 in 10 people in the United States are living with depression. It's estimated at least half of the people who are depressed are not diagnosed at all, explained Reidei.
"We also know that primary care doctors only diagnose about 50 percent of them correctly, said Redei." "It's basically a conversation."
That's because right now, diagnosis is based on a battery of questions asked in the doctor's office.
But this blood test could take the guesswork out of diagnosing depression and give further evidence that depression is a physiological illness.
The test looks at levels of nine RNA blood markers. RNA is the molecule that carries out instructions from DNA genetic code. It acts as a messenger to create proteins that perform important functions in our body's cells.
The RNA markers look different in patients with depression versus those who don't have depression.
A study of 32 adults found that levels of these markers changed after 18 weeks of cognitive behavior or talk therapy.
The change in blood markers showed the test could detect physical evidence that the therapy was working among patients who said they felt less depressed after therapy. "It's really the first time to see objective biological blood-based markers for cognitive behavioral therapy. I didn't believe it. I mean I was so surprised that it occurred, but it did," said Redei.
The test could be useful for diagnosing and determining the best course of treatment for patients with depression.
"The patient will know with the security that they do or do not have depression," said Redei.
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i think i have depression, but my mom says im fine : (
Im worried there not gonna diagnose me and im gonna look like an idiot...
so if you change your blood you become happier? gimme your blood
But say that you are so used to living depressed that you don't want a treatment?
im very depressed. its crystal clear. im just scared that ill go there snd theyll say im fine. but im not fine. and thats the deal.
Oh shit, they gonna find out I have depression 🙄
I want to see if I have depression, but I don't think my parents would be okay with it. What should I do? edit, 2021: For everyone who reads this from now on, please just ask. I regret never asking because the last four years were so tough for me mentally. Thankfully I’m learning to be better slowly as I go into college now, but it may not be the same for you. If you feel like something may be wrong, bring it up to your parents or someone you trust, I wouldn’t want the world to lose any more people to mental illnesses.
I know I have depression and I don't need someone to tell me I have it
What happens if you feel depressed but the blood test says you don’t have depression...?
Depression is a silent killer
my parents refuse to take me to my doctor to see if i have depression
I hope my doctors don't test me.
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It breaks my heart how many people scared or worried to tell their parents that they have depression for some reasons like that wouldn’t believe ‘em , I know how to feels, I told my father and he believed me but he didn’t care at all, He did nothing, anyways I think the people should be taught more about depression specially the older ones, I look for a future where the teenagers can feel comfortable talk to someone who can help them and don’t have to go through a really strong depression for a long time, I also believe talking about your depression is the hardest because you live without showing it, And in few days you go talk about it, It feels like none will believe you.
Just imagine when a depressed person is tested and the results come out as negative and suddenly everyone think your lying and your family despise you for lying......and your depression gets even worse which practically force to end this life.
Is the test available or is it still in trials? What's it called?
I want to tell someone how I feel but I have so much anxiety I can't, and I want to get antidepressants but I don't know how to ask.
It hurts so much that people on internet understand you more than people you're surrounded with.
I just feel hopeless in this world. I try and stay happy around people but no matter what , everyday I wake up and want to cry . I feel useless and feel like I do everything wrong . I try so hard to make. My girlfriend happy but I always annoy her and I think she's starting to drift off and not love me no more. I love her to bits but I'm so scared I'm gunna loose her . All I wanna do is hide and never face this world and die 😭
Feeling depressed, just moved, divorce from an abusive parent, no proper friends, had blood test a few hours ago. :/