More than 300 million people suffer from depression, according to the World Health Organization, and the condition could become the most common mental disorder on the planet by 2030. Currently, the diagnosis of depression is based on interviews and tests with the patient, making it subjective.
In the study, scientists compared functional MRI data from healthy people and patients with clinical depression. It turns out that with depression, the division of functional brain networks into large clusters becomes less clear. To process information, the brain needs to activate more neural connections, indicating impairment in brain functioning.
It was also found that the subnetworks responsible for self-reflection were more active in patients with depression.
Source: Ferra
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