Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Biomarkers for Psychiatry: The Journey from Fantasy to Fact, a Report of the 2013 CINP Think Tank.


ABSTRACT: A think tank sponsored by the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologium (CINP) debated the status and prospects of biological markers for psychiatric disorders, focusing on schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.Discussions covered markers defining and predicting specific disorders or domains of dysfunction, as well as predicting and monitoring medication efficacy. Deliberations included clinically useful and viable biomarkers, why suitable markers are not available, and the need for tightly-controlled sample collection.Different types of biomarkers, appropriate sensitivity, specificity, and broad-based exploitability were discussed. Whilst a number of candidates are in the discovery phases, all will require replication in larger, real-life cohorts. Clinical cost-effectiveness also needs to be established.Since a single measure is unlikely to suffice, multi-modal strategies look more promising, although they bring greater technical and implementation complexities. Identifying reproducible, robust biomarkers will probably require pre-competitive consortia to provide the resources needed to identify, validate, and develop the relevant clinical tests.

SUBMITTER: Scarr E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648162 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Biomarkers for Psychiatry: The Journey from Fantasy to Fact, a Report of the 2013 CINP Think Tank.

Scarr Elizabeth E   Millan Mark J MJ   Bahn Sabine S   Bertolino Alessandro A   Turck Christoph W CW   Kapur Shitij S   Möller Hans-Jürgen HJ   Dean Brian B  

The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology 20150421 10


<h4>Background</h4>A think tank sponsored by the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologium (CINP) debated the status and prospects of biological markers for psychiatric disorders, focusing on schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.<h4>Methods</h4>Discussions covered markers defining and predicting specific disorders or domains of dysfunction, as well as predicting and monitoring medication efficacy. Deliberations included clinically useful and viable biomarkers, why suitable marker  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC4143122 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1184268 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2151390 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5604546 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1557946 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC9933515 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10088365 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8931265 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10839148 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5889159 | biostudies-literature