Is Mental Health ready to start transitioning towards measurable brain circuits, away from subjective symptoms?

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/07/05/is-mental-health-ready-to-start-transitioning-towards-measurable-brain-circuits-away-from-subjective-symptoms/

mental-healthTo Diagnose Mental Illness, Read the Brain (Scientific American):

Although scientists have learned a lot about the brain in the last few decades, approaches to treating mental illnesses have not kept up. As neuroscientists learn more about brain circuits, Stanford psychiatrist Amit Etkin foresees a time when diagnoses will be based on brain scans rather than symptoms…(Etkin says that) We understand behavior is essentially underpinned by brain circuits. That is, there are circuits in the brain that determine certain types of behaviors and certain types of thoughts and feelings. That’s probably the most useful way of organizing brain fun…

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/07/05/is-mental-health-ready-to-start-transitioning-towards-measurable-brain-circuits-away-from-subjective-symptoms/

mental-healthTo Diagnose Mental Illness, Read the Brain (Scientific American):

Although scientists have learned a lot about the brain in the last few decades, approaches to treating mental illnesses have not kept up. As neuroscientists learn more about brain circuits, Stanford psychiatrist Amit Etkin foresees a time when diagnoses will be based on brain scans rather than symptoms…(Etkin says that) We understand behavior is essentially underpinned by brain circuits. That is, there are circuits in the brain that determine certain types of behaviors and certain types of thoughts and feelings. That’s probably the most useful way of organizing brain fun…

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