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Can clinical depression show up on a brain mri?
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Not likely: Traditional MRI cannot diagnosis depression, nor other "functional" problems, such as dementia, etc. Imaging such as MRI can only assess anatomy. There are functional MRI scanners which are in use, typical in research, frequently in dementia. Most applications of fmri are still experimental.
Answered 5/12/2016
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