Identifying risk markers for depression: A cognitive neuroscience approach

该项目将建立检测抑郁症早期迹象的客观标志。这些标志物对于早期干预以限制抑郁症的进程至关重要。它们还将有助于制定预防战略，因为它们提供了一种查明高危个人的手段。目前还没有简单客观的测试或一套标记物可以检测抑郁症的早期迹象。现有的测试只提供与临床抑郁症后期相关的信息。在这方面，迫切需要非侵入性和客观的标志物来限制抑郁症的负担。在澳大利亚，由于抑郁症，每年损失33亿美元的生产力和1200万个工作日。

This project will establish objective markers for detecting early signs of depression. These markers are crucial in enabling early intervention to limit the course of depression. They will also benefit the development of prevention strategies, since they provide a means to identify high risk individuals. Currently there exists no simple and objective test or set of markers that can detect the early signs of depression. The available tests provide information relevant to the later-stage of clinical depression only. In this regard, non-invasive and objective markers are urgently required to limit the burden of depression. In Australia, $3.3 billion in productivity and 12 million working days are lost each year as a result of depression.