Brain Imaging: depression

Brain Imaging May Pinpoint Optimal Treatment for Depression

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

March 31, 2017

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Of the 66% of patients who expressed a preference, 35.5% preferred CBT, and 30.5% preferred medication. In contrast to white non-Hispanic patients, almost half of black patients (47.5%) preferred CBT, and only a fifth of Hispanic patients preferred medication.