Future of PET Scans in Psych

[Yoyomama88]

Do you see clinicians using this routinely to make psychiatric diagnoses in the coming years? Or how about fMRI?

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[Fenster]

Which psychiatric diagnoses?

They will certainly continue to be used to diagnose dementia coexisting with delirium on the C/L service I suspect.

 

[psychattending]

Do you see clinicians using this routinely to make psychiatric diagnoses in the coming years? Or how about fMRI?

Given the associated costs and supported needed for PET (cyclotron), I doubt it will get much penetrance into the clinical market. Currently I see no use of any functional imaging clinically as differences can only be demonstrated across Dx with groups of patients, i.e. there is substantial (?>70%?) overlap in both patients and controls at the individual level, rendering its ability to indicate whether a specific pt is abnormal or not minimal. Both modalities continue to be useful for scientific study.

 

[vistaril]

Which psychiatric diagnoses?

They will certainly continue to be used to diagnose dementia coexisting with delirium on the C/L service I suspect.

huh? Who pays for that? Does medicare reimburse that massive amount of money routinely for that indication? If so, just example #3430946723 why our health care system is in such a financial situation.