Biomarkers and mood disorders

Modern psychiatry practices in the dark ages. Unlike other medical specialties, they do not use laboratory testing or imaging to help diagnose and guide treatment. Today, Dr. Harvey examines this deficiency in the standard of practice currently applied in psychiatry today. He examines the role of inflammatory, biomarkers, hormones, and neurotransmitters in the understanding of mental disorders. He looks at the evidence that this is real science. He looks at why psychiatry doesn't use this approach. And he also suggests how we can do that on our own.