Where to Target? The Precision Medicine Approach to Brain Stimulation

Across mental health disorders, there is a clear need to develop novel therapeutic strategies that are targeted to individual patient characteristics. Weigand et  al. (1) demonstrate the possible value of connectivity-based targeting approaches for brain stimulation treatment of depression. The use of imaging biomarkers to guide individualized treatments for patients is an active area of research with several promising leads (2,3). This approach fits within the precision medicine approach of linking biological variables of individual patients to treatment options (4).
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Early Career Investigator Commentary Source Type: research