Banking the brain

Authors :: Gunter Schumann
Sarah Lobo
Myanthi Amarasinghe
Martin Baggaley
Matthew Broadbent
Hannah Tan
Barbara Ruggeri
Philip J. Brittain
Samantha Larkin
Source :: EMBO reports. 14:400-404
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: EMBO, 2013.
Abstract: Mental health diagnoses are largely based on clinical observation and symptom reports, rather than biological evidence. A biobank that collects biological samples should allow the identification of disease mechanisms and more effective treatments.