Mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder and depression, can be difficult to diagnose as many conditions have similar symptoms.  These two illnesses are virtually identical except individuals with bipolar disorder also experience mania.  The wrong diagnosis can be dangerous, leading to poor outcomes for the patient as they undergo treatment for the incorrect disorder, therefore identifying brain markers to reliably tell them apart would have immense … Continue reading Neuroimaging distinguishes between bipolar disorder and depression in human study.