Alittlebitmorbid t1_j5hshu2 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 2:22 AM

Yes, you can, but not everything and not always. CT scans can show that certain brain areas are underdeveloped which can lead to symptoms like depression, psychopathy (not sure, what the exact term is, there is always discussion about what to call it) or others. Also the brain has a huge capability of taking over the functions of damaged areas in other areas, so just because it might look heavily damaged it does not always concur with the clinical representation of the patient. There can literally be patients with half a brain and you would not notice apart from their brain scan. Have seen such cases myself. One of them was a miracle to the neurologists because he was a skilled worker at a bank and had a healthy family life with nearly no brain.

Maximum_Double_5246 t1_j5pzn66 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Note that this author seems to think that "depression" is more primary than brain physiology. Depression is a basket term for symptoms, not an underlying physical illness diagnosis. On a brain scan you can find things like inflammation, which is not mentioned in teh DSM at all, but you can fix mental health problems by addressing inflammation.