@francisdeng While much attention is paid to false positives/overdiagnosis etc, this is why these screening mri companies will fail. These scans accumulate so many medicolegal landmines that bad outcomes can now be traced back to (rightly or wrongly)
Among 241 persons with disorders of consciousness who had no observable response to commands, 25% had a verifiable response to commands on EEG or functional MRI, a condition known as cognitive motor dissociation. Read the full study results: https://t.co/4AAy7CjWdp
@PulmCrit An alternative explanation is that a positive CT is a self fulfilling prophecy. I’m also not sure I would call interpretation of MRI subjective or at least not more subjective e than CT
Why is "mental health" so popular/ "mental illness" neglected?
Clinicians: Easiest people to treat dont need it.
Public: Identify with MH issues/stigmatize MI
Media: MH sells/MI repels
Politicians: MH voters>MI voters
Result: Resources are wasted on MH & denied to MI.