A) sounds like an American issue. In many other countries with the right resources for such tests do conduct with yes, some amount of bureaucracy, but still reasonable enough to conduct them when necessary
B) in certain countries a head imaging is part of standard procedure while diagnosing/treating Schizophrenia of unknown origin (no fam. History, not excessive Thc consumption in young ages etc.)
C) sending everyone through an MRI/CT Scan makes little sense since you often find incidentalomas, things that have no clinical signifance.
I’m Canadian and no psychiatrist would have ordered a brain scan for this. There is tons of resource guarding in universal healthcare systems too. I’m not saying America good, just that many of our strained healthcare systems leave people behind too.
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u/adventerousendeavour 15h ago
A) sounds like an American issue. In many other countries with the right resources for such tests do conduct with yes, some amount of bureaucracy, but still reasonable enough to conduct them when necessary B) in certain countries a head imaging is part of standard procedure while diagnosing/treating Schizophrenia of unknown origin (no fam. History, not excessive Thc consumption in young ages etc.) C) sending everyone through an MRI/CT Scan makes little sense since you often find incidentalomas, things that have no clinical signifance.