Internal medicine

Electroretinography

Ophthalmology

Psychiatry

Logistic regression

Bipolar disorder

Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

Lithium (medication)

Antipsychotic

Retinal

Audiology

Medicine

Biological Psychiatry

The retina is recognized as an approachable part of the brain owing to their common embryonic origin. The electroretinogram (ERG) has proved to be a valuable tool to investigate psychiatric disorders. We therefore investigated its accuracy as a tool to differentiate schizophrenia (SZ) from bipolar disorder (BP) even after balancing patients for their main antipsychotic medication.

The Electroretinogram May Differentiate Schizophrenia From Bipolar Disorder