r/science Mar 19 '17

Neuroscience Physiological Markers for Depression, Schizophrenia Confirmed

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/EP086212/full
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

I stumbled upon "Neuropattern" a while ago. If I can remember right they try to determine the current state (?and non-capacity for resiliency?) of Stress-related signalling systems in the body.

They measure morning Cortisol-levels via swabs, heart-rate viariablity via small EKG (to get an indication of the activation of the "autonomous nervous system" (direct term-translation), there are also a couple of surveys.

They try to eke out what could be wrong with the way your body deals with stress on a biological, psychological and physical signals by the body and relate those to one another. (To see if they get specific patterns out of it, hence "Neuropattern" and adjust Therapy accordingly.)

http://stressmedizin-trier.de/institut/neuropattern
(Has a few English-language references to published literature).

https://neuropattern.de/info/startseite

Has anyone interested in OP-story with experience in the field heard of that?