Numerous media outlets globally ran a story about the landmark study by scientists at Wayne State University that revealed a new way to distinguish children with major depressive disorder (MDD) from not only normal children, but also from children with obsessive compulsive disorder. MDD is a common, debilitating disease prevalent in childhood and adolescence. Examination of cortical thickness in patients with MDD has not been widely studied, and WSU's team of researchers set out to determine if differences in cortical thickness might not only distinguish children with depression from healthy children who are not depressed but also from those with other psychiatric disorders such as OCD. The research team was led by David Rosenberg, M.D., the Miriam L. Hamburger Endowed Chair of Child Psychiatry and professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University, and Erin Fallucca, M.D., a psychiatry resident at Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/10/wayne-state-researchers-find-new-way-to-examine-depression-in-kids/
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/10/3616023/wayne-state-university-researchers.html
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