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<blockquote data-quote="Thot Leader" data-source="post: 1210463" data-attributes="member: 14117">I'd also like to see this type of technology more widely used but I can't imagine there being much of a consensus on how to interpret the results, beyond perhaps disorders that produce a very obvious misfiring pattern (like schizophrenia or severe depression, which aren't that hard to diagnose without a brain scan). I know SPECT scans are being used to diagnose ADHD, <a href="https://www.quackwatch.org/06ResearchProjects/amen.html" target="_blank">although there is controversy about their accuracy. </a>As LDN pointed out, what about something like oppositional defiant disorder, i.e. kids not wanting to submit to an authority figure, i.e. boys having a strong masculine mind? What would that look like on an fMRI or SPECT or PET scan? I imagine it would show patterns of brain activity very much in line with proper function. How will the mental health system interpret and then utilize these results?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thot Leader, post: 1210463, member: 14117"] I'd also like to see this type of technology more widely used but I can't imagine there being much of a consensus on how to interpret the results, beyond perhaps disorders that produce a very obvious misfiring pattern (like schizophrenia or severe depression, which aren't that hard to diagnose without a brain scan). I know SPECT scans are being used to diagnose ADHD, [url=https://www.quackwatch.org/06ResearchProjects/amen.html]although there is controversy about their accuracy. [/url] As LDN pointed out, what about something like oppositional defiant disorder, i.e. kids not wanting to submit to an authority figure, i.e. boys having a strong masculine mind? What would that look like on an fMRI or SPECT or PET scan? I imagine it would show patterns of brain activity very much in line with proper function. How will the mental health system interpret and then utilize these results? [/QUOTE]

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