Using pre-treatment EEG data to predict response to SSRI treatment for MDD

The problem of identifying in advance the most effective treatment agent for various psychiatric conditions remains an elusive goal. To address this challenge, we propose a machine learning (ML) methodology to predict the response to a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication in subjects suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD), using pre-treatment electroencephalograph (EEG) measurements. The proposed feature selection …