Is it time for a brain-related diagnosis of mental disorders

Citing the abstract of the paper published by Steven Hyman titled ‘Can neuroscience be integrated into the DSM-V?’ (Nat Rev Neuroscience 2007 Sep;8(9):725-32.)

We are confronted with the question of whether it is timely to ask if neuroscience has progressed to the point that the next editions of psychiatric diagnosis can usefully incorporate information about brain structure and function, simply phrased, is it time for a brain-related diagnosis of mental disorders?

The answer is yes! - Clinical brain profiling (CBP) is an attempt to formulate an articulate comprehensive brain-related proposal for psychiatric diagnosis. (See also: http://neuroanalysis.googlepages.com/WhatisClinicalBrainProfilingCBPandho.pps)

It uses the integration of psychiatry, neural-computation and neuroscience formulating a testable-prediction framework for diagnosing mental disorders.

The ideas of such integration are not new and have been already formulated by Theodore Meynert and Sigmund Freud in the 18^th century ( See: http://neuroanalysis.googlepages.com/history)

The book titled 'Neuroanalysis: The missing link between psychoanalysis and neuroscience' takes the daunting task of both formulating the future diagnostic system for psychiatry and bridging biological psychological conceptualizations of mental functions and disorders. (See: http://neuroanalysis.googlepages.com/neuroanalysisbook)

Preliminary validation of CBP is in process and preparation for publication (See: CBPprelemenaryprepublishedPaperPeled.pdf )

Avi Peled M.D.