detect if an indiv has predisposition to psych disorders

• what can the reaction of the brain to certain stimuli be used to detect?

  a predisposition to mental illness through neuro scanning
• what scans are used on adolescents?

  MRI scans
• what does the use of MRI scans on adolescents show?

  those with high risk of schizophrenia have shown structural & functional abnormalities in brain
• what might early drug intervention do?

  prevent or delay onset of psychosis
• what is the ethical outcome of this?

  that there is an emphasis on physiological & deterministic nature of disorders which reduces moral stigma
• what is some wider reading for this argument?

  deep brain stimulation (DBS)
• what is deep brain stimulation used to treat?

  depression & parkinsons
• what is deep brain stimulation?

  placing electrodes on the brain to alter brain function
• why is DBS unethical?

  its very invasive