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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
Ae you looking for something possibly like this, where they use genetic testing, biomarkers, MRI, PET scans, etc?
The Menninger Clinic
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WC
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This looks like what I need, although I need to take the time to look into them. I previously mentioned that I tried emailing NC Neuropsychiatry.
Not surprisingly they didn't reply to my email about medical imaging and electroencephalography (eeg) in lieu of the DSM and prescription trials. I really don't know what to do to approach and deal with these sorts of facilities like the one you mentioned and the one I gave.
My guess is that you have to 'sign up' so to speak. Get into their treatment system and after when you have that first visit with a doctor then try asking them your questions about advances in diagnosis and treatment.
But there is another problem. What if they place you are going to is geared toward profiting in some way from a certain group of people. For example, I don't know this but I think the facility I gave from North Carolina depends on children with asperger's to garner research funds and I don't think they enjoy business from people with bipolar disorder. Just a hunch...if it is true then what?
My girlfriend got the que tip swab and the genetics testing. You can use saliva to obtain dna from a patient. Then using a database that dna can be used to match a persons chromosomes to those that relate to problems as well as medicines. My girlfriend got this treatment paid for with government well fare (medicare). I think that path would be helpful. I know for a fact that my medication can't be the one and only for me. But is the saliva swab the only latest advance in treatment?