Psychological conditions diagnosed through blood tests.

[Royston]

I found this quite interesting, new research by studying the DNA in blood samples has identified certain genes responsible for high anxiety levels.

 

This field of research will later develop to help treating conditions such as depression, which means rather than diagnosing psychological disorders through explanation of the symptons to a practitioner / doctor, a simple blood test (which only takes several hours for a result) will diagnose the problem more efficiently, and will ensure that the correct treatment is given to the patient.

 

Hopefully this will mean people will be recieving the correct drugs for their condition, rather than trying a whole spectrum of barbituates or depressants...which can cause more damage than good.

 

http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/101005_tech.htm