RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS MAY BE PREDICTED FROM BRAIN PATTERNS

British scientists believe that they have discovered specific patterns of brain activity in children and young people which could be signs or markers of those who will later go on to develop mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.

Experts from Nottingham University,who presented their study at Forum for European Neuroscience in Amsterdam,said that these patterns leading to the ultimate development of schizophrenia,could be identified using neurocognitive brain markers.

This research may prove to be an important milestone in the endevour to not only significantly reduce the risk of schizophrenia but also to help the affected parts of the brain to function better in the early stages itself.