Schematic diagram of test scores and the three depression sub-types.
30 Oct 2018
Ipsita Herlekar
The study for the first time has identified three distinct sub-types of depression.
D1: This sub-type is characterized by high functional connectivity of the brain and a history of childhood trauma.
D2: This sub-type is characterized by high functional connectivity of the brain and an absence of childhood trauma.
D3: This sub-type is characterized by both low functional connectivity of the brain and absence of childhood trauma.
Credit:
Neural Computational Unit, OIST.