people with schizophrenia had abnormal electrical activity in the retina
“Our study should help generate further research into developing a test that clinicians – like psychologists, psychiatrists or nurses – can use in their offices to diagnose, treat and monitor the condition of people with schizophrenia.”
Looking at biomarkers in the eye as a way to understand psychiatric disorders is a new field of study.
“Since the retina is part of the nervous system, what is happening in the retina is likely reflective of what is occurring in the brain,”