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>some psychiatric conditions have lab tests of the same sort available. Which ones? "psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective jud
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>some psychiatric conditions have lab tests of the same sort available.
Which ones?
"psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective judgments rather than objective biological tests" -Allen Frances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances
- dragonwriter 9y agoSchizophrenia had one on the market briefly, and there is one for bipolar disorder that is (or was, as of last year) in clinical trials. See, e.g., http://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-blood-test-diagnose-mental-illness http://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-blood-test-diagnose-menta...
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoDo you have a source for these claims? Because the DSM-5 says otherwise >Diagnosis is based on observed behavior, the person's reported experiences, and reports of others familiar with the person...As of 2013 there is no objective test. [5] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia Edit: the source you edited in simply states the corollary to what I've been saying all along: that scientists are still searching for a biological test for mental illness but as yet still do not have one