© foxnews.comScientists develop first blood test to diagnose depression
We're going to make this simple: No they haven't. Not even close. Here are the facts about this new "breakthrough" study:
1) Psychiatrists conducting this study based their entire theory of being able to diagnose depression with a blood test by testing rats. We're not sure how these psychiatrists know the rats are depressed to start with, but we do know they seem to believe human behavior mirrors that of small furry animals with tails.
2) By testing the blood of the rats, they came up with 26 "genetic markers" that they believe could be associated with depression.
3) Now this part is important - The authors of the study admit, "There are still no valid, reliable and feasible peripheral blood bio markers that can diagnose Major Depressive Disorder" (in layman's terms this means there is no scientific proof that depression is due to any biological cause such as genetics, therefore isolating any genetic factors are meaningless).
4) They then tested a total of 28 kids for the "rat" factor, (26 genetic markers they found in the rats) and found 11 of the biomarkers they believe could be tied to depression in the kids.
That's it. That's the study. That's the major "breakthrough" in psychiatric research. Test some rats, guess at some genetic factors and they're off to the races with headlines such as this; (ABC) "Using a Blood Test, Researchers ID Depression in Teens" - Or this one, (Chicago Tribune) "First Blood Test to Diagnose Depression in Teens" or this one, "Researchers Develop Blood Test for Depression. " Now, knowing the "facts" about this study, consider that 20 million kids are already taking mind altering, life-threatening psychiatric drugs based solely on this type of junk science - psychiatry's pathologizing behaviors as disease in order to market drugs. Enough.
Stop the psychiatric labeling and drugging of kids.
They purposely stay a bit superficial in their analyses. But they continue to be a diligent watchdog over the "mental health care" sector. And they are probably doing more than any other group to expose the con game being played on us by this system.
They have been key to blocking many pieces of very suppressive legislation, and have helped get some protective laws on the books. To me, fighting for and against legislation is "old school." But it's a game a lot of people still pay attention to, and it has always been CCHR's focus. It also helps lawyers prosecute psychiatrists who break the law.
Their stated goal is to rid the earth of psychiatry. If someone wants to start doing honest work in the field of mental health, they will have to give their profession some other name.