Biomarkers of psychosis identified in new study

In a study carried out at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (TX, USA), The Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes has successfully identified three neurobiologically distinct biotypes for psychosis. The team also noted that these biomarkers were not synergistic with standard clinical observations for psychosis diagnosis in some cases. The study, which was published recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry, carried out cognitive, eye-tracking and electroencephalography tests as well as MRI on participants, which included individuals diagnosed with psychosis, first-degree relatives and control subjects. The findings from the biomarker battery in 1872 of those tested indicated three distinct...