Friday, June 1, 2018

Portable Eye-Testing Device May Help Diagnose Schizophrenia

Research has shown that people with schizophrenia exhibit abnormal electrical activity in the retina. Now a new study finds that a portable device commonly used in optometrists’ offices could allow for a faster diagnosis of the disease, predict relapse and assess symptom severity and treatment effectiveness.

The findings are published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

For the study, researchers at Rutgers University used RETeval, a hand-held device developed to record electrical...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/01/portable-eye-testing-device-may-help-diagnose-schizophrenia/135815.html

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