Washington – The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medical scan that can help diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children by measuring brain waves.
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The agency cleared the NEBA system to help confirm ADHD for people ages 6 to 17. Doctors can use the device to confirm an ADHD diagnosis or to determine if more testing is necessary.
The device, from Augusta, Ga.-based NEBA Health, measures the frequency of two standard brain waves known as theta and beta waves. Children with ADHD tend to have a higher ratio of these waves than children who don’t have the disorder.
Estimates of ADHD in U.S. children vary, but the American Psychiatric Association states that it affects 3 to 7 percent of school-aged children.
I see no necessity for this technology in the vast majority of cases. The diagnosis of ADHD is rather straightforward.
You don’t see any necessity in this money making business? Such a brain scan will cost thousands of dollars, with the burden on taxpayers, employers and people paying their own insurance.
There are many tests out there today which isn’t worth the added benefits, but as long someone else is paying, who cares.
If there is any proposal to limit treatments that aren’t cost effective, pols (backed by business interests) call them death tribunals. (Remember, every expense at treatment that isn’t cost effective, comes at the expense of effective treatment. The government can spend the same amount of money on currently uninsured for cost effective treatment)
Very late!! Dr. Amen has been performing brain scans for many years now, diagnosing not just adhd but also behavioral and psychological difficulties thereby pinpointing which protocol fits rather than going the trial and error route.