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Detecting mental problems

An innovative technique, perfected by an Australian researcher, has the ability to detect mental problems in an hour. To determine this kind of diagnosis it normally requires methods which can take months.

The new approach, which may be used in the future, consists of an examination of the patterns of electrical activity in the vestibular system of the brain, in order to see if its functioning corresponds to, for example, a patient with schizophrenia or depression.