[pdamoc]

> “Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.’” - Randall Munroe

The way I see this is that it might be one of those tests that, if they come back positive, indicate that further analysis should be made. A general practitioner might ask for this test and then recommend to the person to see a specialist.

[Blikkentrekker]

Well, as said, the article suggests that this is a novel approach, but similar markers have been known to exist for a while and they still aren't used in diagnosis simply because they're typically not more indicative than simply the patient verbally enunciating “I feel bad.”.

[podgaj]

This would, however, make a difference with people with mental illness. I make a distinction here between mental health and mental illness. I have been given so many different types of medications to manage so many different types of catecholamines, but they never know which catecholamines are higher low. I have bipolar disorder, it’s genetic, it’s in my family. If they could tell me what I needed to bring me down or take me up that would help me Tremendously.