{"id":2860,"date":"2018-12-16T00:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T14:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=2860"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:25","slug":"brainy-researcher-wins-best-overall-poster-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/brainy-researcher-wins-best-overall-poster-award\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Brainy\u2019 researcher wins best overall poster award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research assistant Ana Rita Barreiros received best overall poster at the Society for Mental Health Research Annual Conference.<\/p>\n

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Ana is researching a potential test for bipolar disorder.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n

Approximately 40% of people with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder, causing complications for patients. Ana is researching potential biomarkers that could help develop a test for bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cMisdiagnosis can be a real problem in psychiatry \u2013 it can lead to inappropriate treatment that can worsen a patient\u2019s condition and prolong their diagnostic journey,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy research is focused on preventing misdiagnosis by developing an accurate test for bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m using electroencephalography to look at what is happening inside the brain. This is to identify any biomarkers that could help differentiate bipolar disorder from depression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ana used EEG to investigate event-related potentials (ERP), a measure of brain activity in response to stimuli. She found that a particular brain wave component \u00a0involved in attention and decision-making called \u2018P300\u2019 was significantly supressed in people with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn healthy people, P300 experiences a high amplitude in response to decision-making,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI identified that P300 is supressed in people with bipolar disorder, meaning their brain isn\u2019t reacting to the stimuli.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn people with bipolar disorder, P300 amplitude was significantly reduced, much more so than in people with depression. This means it could potentially be used as a biomarker in diagnostic tests for bipolar disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ana was thrilled to share her results with the scientific community, with the award coming as an unexpected bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely did not expect to win anything!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biomarker I\u2019ve identified isn\u2019t well studied, so I was really excited to share my findings with the scientific community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very encouraged by the award. I see it as the beginning of something bigger.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was inspiring to attend and present at the conference and to know that my findings will have an impact in the real world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to continue my analysis and work towards a test that could reduce the misdiagnosis of serious mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Ana!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research assistant Ana Rita Barreiros received best overall poster at the Society for Mental Health Research Annual Conference. Approximately 40% of people with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder, causing complications for patients. Ana is researching potential biomarkers that could help develop a test for bipolar disorder. \u201cMisdiagnosis can be a real problem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2862,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-2860","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}