Objective diagnosis is in someways the holy grail of medicine. It has been maddeningly elusivein psychiatry. Now comes a paper in which the authors suggestthat they may have found this treasure.The paper details a method of using magnetoencephalography to assesshuman brain function. They claim that, in a select population, itcan correctly identify patients with PTSD with 90% acc
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February 1, 2010
January 11, 2010
People with pain are not all alike: MPI classifications & outcome
As an individual with chronic pain, I know that each person with chronic pain is different from the next, and as a clinician I know that there are few ways to predict who will benefit from what treatment – but it’s like a Holy Grail to find a way to group together people who will [...]... Martin L Verra, Felix Angst, Roberto Brioschi, Susanne Lehmann, Francis J Keefe, J B
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September 24, 2009
Predicting eLearning Dropout
Despite its promise, a continuing challenge to online learning/ distance learning/ and eLearning is student dropout. Studies have consistently found higher student dropout rates in these courses than in in-person courses. There have been numerous studies attempting to predict dropout, but few have gotten to the holy grail of being able to identify students who [...]... Lykourentzou, I., G
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August 17, 2009
Schizophrenia: The Mystery of the Missing Genes
It's a cliché, but it's true - "schizophrenia genes" are the Holy Grail of modern psychiatry.Were they to be discovered, such genes would provide clues towards a better understanding of the biology of the disease, and that could lead directly to the development of better medications. It might also allow "genetic counselling" for parents concerned about their children's risk of schizophrenia.Perha
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June 19, 2009
The holy grail of military psychiatry
Neuron Culture covers a new study on predictors of PTSD in deployed American combat troops. Predicting whether a soldier will break down through combat has been one of the Holy Grails of military psychiatry and the impressive results of this study suggest that this may be getting closer.World War One was the crucible of military psychiatry as it became clear that even the bravest and best soldier
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