BRAIN SPECT FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT :
Part One
Introduction : A scientific answer to ascertain reasons/causes for abnormal human behaviour with comprehensive periodical monitoring of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and to assess improvement of the same with medication.
It is usually done by follow up scans.
- How do you know unless you look the Brain - Psychiatrists are the only medical specialists who rarely look at the organ they treat. Psychiatrists continue to make diagnoses the same way they did 100 years ago, based on clinical exams and symptom clusters. There is a better way. SPECT imaging is a clinically useful way to look at brain function.
- SPECT helps provide answers to mental health problems : Such as Brain Health, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Personality Traits & Disorders Schizophrenia, Mood Disorder, Memory Problems, Early degenerative changes of Brain, Dementia, Strokes & Cerebrovascular Disorders, Head Injury, Subtle illnesses which are about to start quite earlier, Epilepsy, Headache, Children Attitude Problems, ADHD, Slow Learner/Mental Retardation, Autism, Dyslexia, Speech Disorders, toxic exposure, Alcohol, Bhang, Cocain, Organic Substances and Drugs, Past emotional traumas etc.
- Tailor treatment to your brain. Imaging plus detailed histories help us better understand your brain, so treatment can be individually tailored, rather than just diagnosing and treating vague diagnostic categories such as depression or ADHD.
- Checks Improper Medication to your Brain : More information prevents clinicians from prescribing the wrong treatments, such as unnecessarily stimulating an already overactive brain or calming one that is underactive.
- Early detection to prevent Alzheimer’s. SPECT scans can tell up 10 to 20 years before you have symptoms whether or not you are vulnerable. Treatment and prevention strategies work early, not late.
- Natural Treatment to your Brain Problems : Guide not only medication interventions, but also natural supplements and other innovative treatments e.g. Yoga, Spiritual & Religious Techniques etc.
- Watch how your treatment works : Follow up scans can help see which treatments are effective and which are not. It is critical to know if your treatment is helping or hurting your brain.
- Understand reasons of addiction and its treatment: A SPECT scan can help understand the reasons that underlie addictions and help guide treatment.
- Identify brain trauma of Mildest type during childhood & its long term effect. : A SPECT scan can identify specific areas of the brain hurt by trauma to better target treatment and help deal with insurance, legal and rehabilitation issues.
- ADHD types on the basis of Brain SPECT : ADD, anxiety and depression are not single or simple disorders. One treatment does not fit everyone. 16 types of ADD, 7 types of anxiety and depression and 3 types of violence. Imaging helps you see the underlying brain problems so treatment can be more targeted.
- Family Therapy by SPECT Monitoring: A SPECT scan can help families understand the underlying medical reasons for a problem, which helps decrease shame, self blame and conflict.
- Check the health & quality life of your brain. Even if you are not having trouble, SPECT scans can help check the health of your individual brain. Scans can be used as a screening tool to know your vulnerabilities. They can also serve as a baseline if you develop problems in the future.
- Followup Scans Motivates for compliance : Pictures are powerful and can help influence a patient’s willingness to accept and adhere to a treatment program.
- Save patient from embarrassment and stigma of Psychiatric illness : SPECT scans help patients better understand their problems, decreasing shame, guilt, stigma and self-loathing.
- Scans helps judiciary in deciding about compensations related to head trauma, accidents : may be helpful in a number of legal situations, such as helping judges and juries understand difficult behavior and directing treatment.
- Understanding psychosomatic disorder & their management : As 70% patients consulting physicians are actually suffering from Psychosomatic Disorders e.g. actually patients to be called as Gestropsychiatry Patients , Neuropsychiatry Patients , Cardio psychiatry Patients, Endocrinopsychiatry Patients, which appears a chronic ailment & frustration for the patient himself & treating doctor. Further it consumes lot of energy of the service providers & and deprives from the kind of attention to the patients who are suffering from organic illness.
- BRAIN SPECT can also decide that to which leader we should Vote: Can identify genuine persons, leadership qualities, organizational capacities of a person etc.
- The future now. SPECT scans can help you obtain individualized care for your brain. "Brain imaging in clinical practice is the next major advance in psychiatry."
BRAIN SPECT FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT:
Part Two
WHAT IS Brain SPECT for Human Behaviour:
SPECT is Single Photon Computerized Tomography. It is a technique that utilizes special and advanced medications known as Radiopharmaceuticals that bind to the cells in the brain to provide a three dimensional representation of the blood flow to the different regions of the brain. This technology allows the physician to assess the blood flow patterns of the internal and external structures of the brain, which in turn is reflective of activity level of different regions of the brain. This information is an essential tool and aid for the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of Neuropsychiatric conditions & Human Behaviour.
Why the need to perform BRAIN SPECT SCANS :
These Scans correlate neurological, psychiatric, and behavioral status, reflective in form of specific brain SPECT patterns. Information from your scan will help your doctor to understand your unique brain pattern which helps to formulate subsequent treatment modalities.
Some of the most common reasons for performing SPECT are : obtaining baseline physiological data, analyzing the physiology of underlying mood disorders, evaluating uncommon or unresponsive neuropsychiatric conditions, evaluating and subtyping ADD, evaluating violent, aggressive or suicidal behaviors, evaluating substance abuse or toxic exposure, looking for causes of deteriorating mental functioning (after head trauma, stroke or suspected dementia) and performing before and after treatment studies. For example, it is often inquired if SPECT scans will show learning disabilities,the answer is yes, in general.The scan in these specific cases will show decreased activity in the left temporal lobe (the specific brain area where learning skills develop).
THE SPECT STUDY GIVES AN ACCURATE INFORMATION & DIAGNOSIS !
SPECT studies help the clinician understand more about the specific function of your brain. Each person's brain is unique, which results in unique responses to medication or therapy.
This helps to explain why two people that have depression can both get the same treatment and one get better while the other gets worse.
SPECT in combination with clinical history, personal interview, information from families, checklists, and other neuropsychological tests is a powerful tool in complete evaluation of Neuropsychiatric disorders.
CONCLUSION
To sum up briefly, Brain spect plays a crucial role in-
1 Evaluating memory loss, suspected dementia, or other cognitive problems 2 Evaluating the effects of recent or past brain trauma (from mild to severe) 3 Evaluating aggressive and/or violent behavior
4 Evaluating the presence of an underlying organic condition in brain (such as brain trauma or dementia) that contributes to emotional, behavioral, or learning disturbances
5 Evaluating cerebral cardiovascular disease
6 Evaluating treatment resistant or atypical psychiatric conditions
When it comes to treating disorders of brain function, psychiatrists are dealing with the most complex aspect of the most complicated structure in the universe, but they have no way to visualize the same, so it can be concluded that they are working in the dark. . The current state of the art method in psychiatric treatment is guessing. These guesses are educated guesses, so they are usually good, but they are still guesses.
SPECT scans give an accurate picture of brain activity. When combined with the knowledge of what function various areas of the brain serve, this information can lead to a much more accurate diagnosis.
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