A Blood Test for Depression?

By | Published May 17, 2012

Everybody knows there’s no physical test for mental disorders. Or is there?

I have a post up at Psychology Today, examining a new blood test that claims to be able to diagnose major depression with about 80 percent specificity and 90 percent sensitivity, per its press release. My diagnosis: not so fast.

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