Furthermore, the conclusion of this article reminds me of a TED talk by Dr. Daniel Amen, where he discussed what he and his colleagues learned from 83,000 brain scans. In his talk, he stated that disorders such as ADHD, anxiety, depression etc. are not simple disorders and that they all have multiple types. As an example, he showed a brain scan of two patients diagnosed with major depression and exhibits similar symptoms. The scan showed that one patient had high activity in the associated areas, whereas the other patient had low activity in those areas. This is consistent with the idea the authors make in this article that the phenotypes of anxiety could be a result of hyopoactivation or hyperactivation. If this were the case, how would one know how to proceed with treatment just by interviewing patients? Psychiatry/psychology is the only field in medicine that doesn't look inside the organ to be treated. Ideally, this shouldn't be the case and treatment shouldn't be based on symptoms alone. Hopefully this practice changes with improvements in the neuroimaging
Furthermore, the conclusion of this article reminds me of a TED talk by Dr. Daniel Amen, where he discussed what he and his colleagues learned from 83,000 brain scans. In his talk, he stated that disorders such as ADHD, anxiety, depression etc. are not simple disorders and that they all have multiple types. As an example, he showed a brain scan of two patients diagnosed with major depression and exhibits similar symptoms. The scan showed that one patient had high activity in the associated areas, whereas the other patient had low activity in those areas. This is consistent with the idea the authors make in this article that the phenotypes of anxiety could be a result of hyopoactivation or hyperactivation. If this were the case, how would one know how to proceed with treatment just by interviewing patients? Psychiatry/psychology is the only field in medicine that doesn't look inside the organ to be treated. Ideally, this shouldn't be the case and treatment shouldn't be based on symptoms alone. Hopefully this practice changes with improvements in the neuroimaging