RF> MP> I see. What "mental disorders" show up on a P.E.T. scan? And your
RF> MP> teaching hospitals do not have board certified radiologists? That is
RF> MP> truly amazing.
The answer is schizophrenia, mania, dementia, and a host of others.  I
quote from "The Broken Brain" by Nancy Andereasen, M.D., Ph.D. who
currently is the editor of a prestigious medical journal and also the
Director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Center at the University
of Iowa:  "The abnormalities seen in figure 21 are relatively unusual.
Figure 22 shows a much more common abnormality observed in schizophrenic
patients. This CT scan shows two cuts from the brain of a twenty-eight
year old man who had symptoms similar to those of Roger Wallis, the
patient with chronic symptoms of schizophrenia described in chapter 4.
The ventricles in this man's brain are relatively enlarged for his age."
Page 168 with photos on the page facing.
The University of Washington does not have a radiologist who can read a
brain scan and diagnose schizophrenia. I find this not "truly amazing"
but a source of malpractice in this entire area.  The University of
Washington once took all of the research material it had accumulated
regarding alcoholism and addiction and placed it with the University of
Oregon for "safekeeping".
The result was the social workers in Oregon have a much higher level of
knowledge of physical facts about humans than do their counterparts int
his state.
RF> Mark, I not claiming she is right on anything, but about 1 month ago
I RF> saw on the news a seemingly breakthrough.  It seems they have
found RF> what looks like some type of change in the brain during a
scan.  They RF> believe that they maybe able to detect ADHD this way
now.  It is still RF> under investigation, but the study they did
suggested a physical RF> detectable test now.  Have you heard any such
thing.  I believe it was RF> channel 7.  I'll have to go on the internet
and see if I can find anything RF> on it.
What can be detected on a brain scan says that this is no longer to be
considered a "mental" or "enmotional" problem, no matter what the
witchdoctors say. And that is exactly what we are contending with, white
witch doctors who resist change.  No one wants to have to sit on hard
seats and learn new things.  And people resist change as much as they
can.
The public must DEMAND the change in order for it to happen.  In the
"mental health" field, this means demanding brain scans for a definitive
diagnosis of any diagnosis.  That will take diagnosis out of the hands
of those who practice something very primitive in an age of high
technology and bring in the technicians who will assist in getting a
very definitive diagnosis indeed.
 RF> OBTW Jane, if you are reading this, I'm glad to see you giving
 advice to RF> someone to find a Dr. who knows about ADHD.  I personally
 have a family RF> Dr. who deals with ADHD children.  He not only knows
 all of our family RF> history, but does testing for ADHD too. He is
 very through allthough he RF> knows about other things that can look
 like ADHD, but are not.  When I had RF> Jeremy tested a year ago, the
 suggestion given before a diagnosis of ADHD, RF> IS A PHYSICAL.
Right on.  And did the testing include any for allergies? Was this
addressed in the physical at all?
Most of the time I find that it isn't.  I suffer from them, food
allergies I have ignored for years.  My bleeding bladder is connected to
them as well as my osteo arthritis.
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