Posted by Kristel on December 2, 2004, at 1:46:59
In reply to Re: The artificial nature of psychiatric diagnosis, posted by Shalom34Israel on December 1, 2004, at 19:43:03
Huh?! Are you kidding me now? Do you really think that a fMRI machine or something similar to it would see your thoughts?!!!
If that wouldhappen it might be i 100 years!
Yes such tech might be useful for the diagnosis of neurological disorders such as ADHD or epilepsy. But not psychiatric disorders that have to do mostly with thoughts.
I work with fMRIs and PETs and I see how inprecise they can be at times. They only show which parts of the brain are more activitated than other. But that advancement would happen and make them being able to see thoughts, sound like science fiction!
DSM is absolutely necessary. I hope you guys have not got a "desired diagnosis" that don't meet the criteria in DDM and thus upset.
Take care!
poster:Kristel
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