Posted by Deneb on October 10, 2009, at 15:33:44
In reply to Re: What in a diagnoses?, posted by Kyn on October 10, 2009, at 10:25:03
To the best of my knowledge, there aren't any tests like MRI's or EEGs that can diagnose mental disorders. Diagnosis of mental disorders is based on this book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM IV). There are studies that show certain mental disorders have different image patterns in fMRI's and stuff like that, but I think we are still light years away from being able to use them to definitively diagnose someone. I think there is a lot of controversy as to the validity of those types of tests.
I do think there are some specialities that people go into, like anxiety disorders, or PTSD etc, but those people might be hard to find.
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