Talk Therapy or Meds for Depression? Brain Scan May Help Decide

New research from Emory University in Atlanta has found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help individual patients recover from depression.
The study, called PReDICT, randomly assigned patients to 12 weeks of treatment with one of two antidepressant medications or with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
At the start of the study, patients underwent a functional MRI brain scan, which