Posted by SLS on September 14, 2004, at 10:01:47
In reply to where are the diagnostic tests?!!, posted by badhaircut on September 14, 2004, at 8:19:03
> Just ranting.
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> If psych meds impact specific brain dysfunctions, where are the tests that identify which patients will respond to which meds? We've got DNA, EEG, MRI, PET, CSF, etc etc, *and* paper-&-pencil tests galore. Why doesn't the medical world have an idea which antidepressant will benefit which patient?
That's a great question that is continually asked of the medical community. I think there might already be enough information available to take advantage of these tests, but I don't see that an effort is being made to focus on compiling this data to ferret out associations between test results and treatment modality.
- Scott
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