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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 160285" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I've been thinking about this since I posted it....well, since I first read it.</p><p></p><p>I think we are approaching the time when we will be dropping many of the diagnostic terms we are so familiar with. If indeed, damage or malfunctioning of the same area of the brain causes the behaviors that lead to the diagnosis of autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), SZ and ADHD, it may be that some day those diagnoses are discarded in favor of diagnoses that state what part of the brain is damaged/malfunctioning.</p><p></p><p>As is stands, the diagnoses we use are virtually totally subject because there are few objective tests available. Seizure disorders (which can cause behavioral issues) can often be diagnosed by EEGs but it is believed that only 50&#37; of temporal lobe seizures (where many emotions are controlled) are detectable by that test. Diagnosis is based on observed behaviors, reports of behaviors and response to medications. Even so, the focus is on <em>behaviors</em> not the physiological cause of the behaviors. What diagnosis is made is often more dependent on who is making the diagnosis than who is being diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>At some point we will know enough about the brain and have the technology available to diagnose based on the activity within the brain, not on how the person acts. And maybe some day we will have treatments that correct the physiological defecits that cause the unwanted, abnormal behaviors rather than change the brain chemistry to override the behaviors caused by the damaged/malfunctioning brain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 160285, member: 1498"] I've been thinking about this since I posted it....well, since I first read it. I think we are approaching the time when we will be dropping many of the diagnostic terms we are so familiar with. If indeed, damage or malfunctioning of the same area of the brain causes the behaviors that lead to the diagnosis of autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), SZ and ADHD, it may be that some day those diagnoses are discarded in favor of diagnoses that state what part of the brain is damaged/malfunctioning. As is stands, the diagnoses we use are virtually totally subject because there are few objective tests available. Seizure disorders (which can cause behavioral issues) can often be diagnosed by EEGs but it is believed that only 50% of temporal lobe seizures (where many emotions are controlled) are detectable by that test. Diagnosis is based on observed behaviors, reports of behaviors and response to medications. Even so, the focus is on [I]behaviors[/I] not the physiological cause of the behaviors. What diagnosis is made is often more dependent on who is making the diagnosis than who is being diagnosed. At some point we will know enough about the brain and have the technology available to diagnose based on the activity within the brain, not on how the person acts. And maybe some day we will have treatments that correct the physiological defecits that cause the unwanted, abnormal behaviors rather than change the brain chemistry to override the behaviors caused by the damaged/malfunctioning brain. [/QUOTE]
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