Can fMRI brain scans spot suicidal thoughts?

Advances in technology are changing the way we understand brain activity and diagnosing potentially deadly mental health disorders. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., according to the CDC. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Nikki Battiste shows us how researchers are using brain scans to spot harmful thoughts.
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[@1sexyasnurse]

This should be readily accessible to everyone dealing with mental health!

[@9annabs12]

You can get SPECT scans on the brain

[@girlsurfingtheinternet8195]

Oh God, not those people🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️. They are narcs that need narcissist supply from others. I hate sympathy beggars. Real people with illnesses hide them.

[@treznopresto4878]

Only to the rich

[@coopersrep13]

But also some people dont want ppl to know

[@girlsurfingtheinternet8195]

@@coopersrep13 og yeah that true. cus its hella expessive

[@missseveri3512]

They'd have a field day with my brain.

[@kimberleysmith4379]

As a child who had a mother who took her own life 42 years ago...THANK YOU

[@jacqqulen9106]

I don't want verbal diagnosis through conversation with therapist people easily lie or influenced by the other. This will identify your illness as it is.

[@turquoiseangel03]

my only problem with that is why would people get a $300 therapy session just to lie and be attention seeking

[@girlsurfingtheinternet8195]

there is no badge of honor in being a psych patient. most people will not understand, and they will distance them selves from u. great plan for life eh?

[@jacqqulen9106]

@@girlsurfingtheinternet8195 tell that to the trendsetters with multiple mental disorders in the Internet

[@SimpliciusTeutsch]

Reading minds, that's a real nightmare. Every day the world is becoming closer to a dystopia.

[@FleurPillager]

This story is creepy. Why do you need a brain scan when people can self-report their symptoms. Too invasive and not necessary.

[@christopherwilliams9663]

Because some people won't say they are thinking suicide. They are afraid of being admitted to a pysch ward

[@ayline1515]

Some people are not even able to identify or communicate what they’re feeling.

[@user-yj2ow9zi4j]

I think it's invading of privacy. Like really, being able to tell what topic a person is thinking about? People can't stop their thoughts so you just have to hope that you won't think about the wrong things at the wrong time.

[@matrix-theoriginal.7266]

I think it’s a really good thing for people who live in toxic families who neglect their words and feelings and for those who don’t admit their problems. For example I think it’s a way more invasive to talk about my thoughts deeply to somebody. It’s also a good thing to discover if the person is acting or not. It’s not like everyone has to go under this scan,only those who seem depressed have to. It’s not a invasion of privacy compared to the usual test,it’s better for both the patient and the psychiatrist.

[@keebaman]

I would love to be a part of this experiment

[@garyhest6308]

How do you get to be a part of these things? I'm interested too.

[@keebaman]

@@garyhest6308 I tried going to my local university to use their fMRI machine. They said no. Going to a professional is too expensive.

[@2Anonymous42]

Wonder if they took into consideration the sub groups who may have already experienced a Loved one or person they knew having had committed. A person might be more inclined to think about committing suicide, or just the topic, due to a suicide that already occurred. But there definitely might be some people out there who are not suicidal but have experienced a suicide from someone they knew whether close to them or not. And we wouldn't want to misinterpret the person thinking of their loved ones or acquaintances suicide into thinking it was truly about oneself. Even self- guilt can come from a person they know comitting suicide, and that could perhaps set off the self awareness neuron center as well as this other neuron center that is said to be related to suicide. But good study! It's wonderful to put these relations of neuron activity together to interpret them!

[@girlsurfingtheinternet8195]

I cant believe u made suicide about other people. Dead people cant have 5 min of understanding, without other people hijacking it for them self's #selfish. LIVING humans have support groups. This is about trying to make medisin for suicidal people, so more people dont end up DEAD.

[@unprepaired-gamer]

That's why you still have doctors on hand. I wear my emissions on my sleeve and always tell the doctor the truth. An experienced doctor a lot of the times will pick up on the depression.

[@susiepummill9391]

very good points in your post

[@tripthongUwU]

I am curious of what if brain waves interpreted as image. And as a person who has an experience in Tile Molester (you can open anything as image, it's a tool to rip game sprites), I wonder if the brain waves has something similar to computer files if it interpreted as image. And because brain is literally a computer, then the vision part and the imaginary part could be seen using image interpretation

[@shamimobuyagard978]

Cool I think ur idea is great and really want to know more about it

[@windows-kx1of]

?????

[@tripthongUwU]

@@windows-kx1of you should try pvv ps1 vram viewer or tile molester. You can open any files as image

[@nadiamurchie1949]

someone in asia managed a blurry image from someones brain, blurry image of a face of someone they were told to visualize the blurry image included a blue jumper , they asked the subject to think of a person and a blurry image came out. folk are working on that. i always say to my friends if i had a usb cable to show you my dreams on a screen they are mind blowing sometimes. i'm a lucid dreamer , makes it a wee bit harder to wake up sometimes lol but obviously i'm not the only one who would like to share images in the minds eye .

[@applefunfact]

nobody give me a brain scan

[@eileenhay5697]

Amazing if scary!! To be able to read thoughts is both alarming and could potentially save lives. Useful too in pharmacological prescribing, what works, tailor/made treatments. 😅

[@maavet2351]

Every weapon has a sheald to combat it

[@Anotherhumanexisting]

By the time someone is actively suicidal it’s too late… what we should be doing is preventing people from feeling that level of suffering and hopelessness even to begin with in the first place (housing security, birth control, community, healthcare, etc). Forcing someone who doesn’t want to be alive to continue living is just cruel…

[@duplooy6704]

This is really gr8!! But i have an issue with it... they can see i have this problem, but what can they do about it? I have bipolar disorder with a lot more MDD!!! I have been suicidal for years I've attempted suicide many times... I'm drug resistant to the depression. Through this we know i have this problem, but there's not tht much treatment for it. So i will leave the psych ward with this problem still with me... But ketamine treatment for depression has really helped a lot!!

[@jayscoottey]

i’m so glad to hear you’ve got treatment that’s working for you! wishing you happiness and all the best

[@kimhaulcy4248]

Lord please help me stay strong😭

[@christopherwilliams9663]

Amen

[@kimhaulcy4248]

Yes I'm ok🥰

[@onedirectioner5889]

Same I hope😭

[@shigeokageyama2692]

hope you're still going, cuz i'm not

[@kimhaulcy4248]

@@shigeokageyama2692 I'm staying strong taking it one day at a time I pray that you will be ok whatever you going through I pray it will past

[@savageangel7944]

Im really intreste if they tested it on poeple with genetic depression. But as well as people that don't know that they have genetic depression (like they don't know they have it at all) and although this seems morally wrong and it would take a lot of chance to find poeple with genetic depression that don't know of it, I wonder that when they are tested they will also get a sense of confusion. And then, in a sense, its almost like there is 2 people there. One that is depressed and one that is finding out that it is depressed. Also for people with genetic depression (that know of it), is it different for them? Or maybe it's untracable becuase it's just the genetic startard. I don't really know this is just some theorys and thoughts. Please tell me waht you think!

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Even if this technology gets better do you think it's going to help the poor who get turned away from treatments everyday? No...It's going to help rich people and famous people. Nothing can save the person who really has made up their mind unless you can develop drugs that really take all the misery away. I want to try Ketamine and I asked for it but my GP said that isn't an option when I know it is. I have to pay for it but I ain't got the money. I am sure it will be helpful when every antidepressant has either made me feel worse or doesn't work at all.

[@girlsurfingtheinternet8195]

thats the plan for the real use scans and gen locating.

[@FishesAndLoaves997]

I’ve never heard of Katemine before… the only antidepressant that helped me was as Prozac…. But it doesn’t help anymore…. I’ll have to start over.. hopefully there is something that will help though.

[@unprepaired-gamer]

He needs larger grant. Suicide is a LEADING cause of death in the states. I've been affected by it.

[@handicappuccino8491]

I would love for people to see what I was thinking when I was gagging or throwing up in school 84 because I used to get in trouble for that and if they worked out my brain I wouldn’t have gotten in trouble for that and I talk about it in front of people that I know will not accuse me of doing it anyway

[@Academus-hn9dv]

Just imagine the human rights violations that this new technology will usher into our lives!

[@trishawallingsford4146]

Just wow this is good stuff

[@Erin78456]

This tells you something the patient could literally just tell you. More effective treatment? How? How does knowing someone is suicidal help develop treatment? You already have millions of people who will admit it to your face so this doesn't add anything new.

[@breezy5797]

You're missing the point. What this experiment shows us is that the fmri could be used to identify brain disorders of all kinds. This is also in its very early stages, where the information it's able to provide is not all that impressive.

[@achillesglacia7700]

The location of the thought in the brain is important. Because I think location selective drugs are the only drugs that will work for brain disorders. E g drugs that is specific to the amygdala, that binds receptors only in that region etc

[@sudhapriyashrivastava6808]

Can fmri detect damage in brain nerves ?

[@devinjackson4995]

They got mk ultra .they need to put that on the news how sophisticated technology actually is

[@some11223344]

Amazing .

[@handicappuccino8491]

Also, this might help people that are nonverbal. I use voice dictation to come and but for someone that can’t use their hands or their voice

[@clancular6468]

I had this done as a Lie Detector Test years ago...I Passed! I didn't understand at the time but they told me it was AMAZING Technology, just think when it becomes Remote Technology...Can you say 5G?!

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Wait...so you had an MRI as a lie detector test? Was it for something personal or for some kind of study? I’m very curious in this stuff..I feel like brain scans should be common practice in mental health/autism/dementia/alcoholism,drug-addiction/etc...unfortunately this is only done at certain particular treatment/care facilities and costs an astronomical amount of money.

[@PoliticalWonderland]

All you have to do is scan and feed the information into AI then the mapping will be done for us. This is 2019 I’m sure China has already done this.

[@kageoashj2912]

I want to scan mine to see if im legit or just crazy

[@paultidwell8799]

While I think this research shows promise, it does need a larger sample size to confirm it's results for the broader scientific and just- research community. Those of us who have learned about methodology know that large population studies are needed to really confirm results- But, I think there's cause for optimism with these results-still, needs bigger studies.

[@Shadobanned4life]

It is wonderful if they can prevent suicides !

[@kkd8801]

Not mine

[@scoutintime]

@@kkd8801 you still there?

[@only1noonski]

@@kkd8801 you good?

[@daveyjones3016]

@@kkd8801 Bro you good ?

[@annsmith9825]

@@kkd8801 you okay?

[@bryanrendon6307]

anyone else think that this guy looks like Norman Osborne?

[@anse1774]

I was wondering why this guy looked familiar to me.

[@youdontknowme8129]

Why is this needed? If I'm telling you within 3 months I may not be here, I fukin' need help!

[@kcsays2772]

Can anyone tell me how can I become a part of this kind of experiment, because i what to know what i am going through

[@aylen3322]

Norah seemed more into it than Gail, oooo weeee whats up with that? what's uppp with thatttt? (sung by keenan)

[@gretashapiro4118]

If you have kaiser ,good luck if they care to put you in an mri. It's too expensive, affects the bottom line

[@Maxwell1989]

Putting me in a MRI and a CT scan paying for everything including my plane ticket and surgery

[@gretashapiro4118]

@@Maxwell1989 hahaha. Well guess what, the insurance I have now is worse 😂

[@Maxwell1989]

@@gretashapiro4118 that sucks sorry to hear that

[@gretashapiro4118]

@@Maxwell1989 thanks, it is what it is

[@user-ix4ju8xs8l]

This is amazing but doing this with my nolage less harmful to me to beforword to study

[@FleurPillager]

SSRI's are a very effective treatment for depression for most people.

[@sadman5916]

Too many people dismiss that kind of medication, as they only focus on the potential downsides. I do understand why people may be skeptical though.

[@FleurPillager]

@@sadman5916 I'm concerned that the media is acting like there are not any options available right now. They keep talking about future treatments, alternative treatments and positive thinking instead of evidence based treatments like fda approved medications. Sure, there are side effects but most willingly trade mood disorder symptoms for a side effect or two.

[@sadman5916]

@@FleurPillager I completely agree

[@12presspart]

not always sometimes the older trycycalics are beter also ect

[@alibabaintelligence8555]

@@FleurPillager the problem is that depression can't be the cause, depression is a symptom of an underlying issue. But sure antidepressants help people treating the symptoms if the depression.

[@PoliticalWonderland]

How do you spell this doctors name?! It’s not spelt anywhere.

[@TheSapphireLeo]

Is the red the most heat? The red looks the most harmful?

[@TheSapphireLeo]

The thalamus regulates heat and why diseases are rampant, when you "burnout"?

[@LupeSunglass]

@@TheSapphireLeo Red just symbolizes high brain activity

[@bunglejoy3645]

Well once you know someones sucidal i asume chemical levels could dhow up on mti thrn from what i gather thevonly ttyebplace where they csn measure what chemical are lacking or too much of is a lumber punctu4e because the fluid in your spine remains acuratecif it was avsilwble in uk id give it a go if someone could stay in room eith ne as i have extreme anxity as my sucidal issues are severe and ive got bpd autism GAD aevere depression id be intrested in seeing damaged areas in my brain it would becintrestingvyo see howvbpd affects brain

[@jdoyle7768]

Can this detect cte?

[@Srindal4657]

I have a personal investment in predictive brain scanning techniques. I can't work because of my schizophrenia (which is more common than people care to believe). Prediction technology will allow me to prove my condition so that I might be available for new techniques or surgeries that can help my condition. Perhaps brain implants.

[@nickjohnson811]

So what improvements in treatment have resulted from this research, if any?

[@saschamrose6498]

Dont worry Guys Elon mus is working on it with the new the new brain device

[@shrikantdhakne2216]

I'm india🇮🇳 me help me

[@yeayeanahyea4150]

hmmmmmmmm ionoooooo

[@zebriath1684]

My cousin had been waking up night after night with nightmares that the world was going to end, or had already ended as a result of advanced capitalism and our current political systems. We took her in for an fMRI last week. Still can't believe what they found. The doctor zoomed in on a tiny white mark, and the closer he got, the larger the mark appeared. It was a snowflake. She is a snowflake.

[@Matheus_Braz]

grasado

[@nobody__1236]

Can’t tell if this is ironic

[@radiobandit6325]

L+ratio+you don't need to know about people's problems

[@blakeguillory3298]

The United States conducted these studies via the use of Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) and many members impulsively completed the testing denying these individuals the results they were looking for. I do believe this is why a good number of service members have committed suicide… etc due to social engineering and the provoking of actions to cause the reactions from the service members. Whether it be limited funding, harsh treatment by co-workers, and/or lack of help or empathy when seeking help from the targeted attacks of the limited funding or treatment of the individuals staging the social engineered study. We can identify the perpetrators by reviewing the service members who have committed suicide… etc.. and link the service members data to the testing and why they were possibly targeted for the study conducted by these cruel #Nuremberg type studies. These types of studies are easily covered up when dealing with the service member because the perpetrators are able to easily blame the actions of the service member on some type of mental status.. I.e. PTSD… The other side of the covering is calling it testing for the study of Traumatic Brain Injury. When in fact, their mental status is usually socially engineered to provoke the action so the scientists can verify whether or not the criminal behavior can be predicted. Even when I conducted the Brain 🧠 scan, by order of the doctor, I thought of every thought possible and as if I were moving everybody part without moving which could possibly show extremely high brain activity when conducting the imaging to deny them any actual true data when conducting their studies. #HumanRightsViolations #humanrights

[@fdr3893]

xThen Jesus said : “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11 : 28

[@arfarfarf256]

"Schmooboo the deity gives you rest, AND 50 bucks" so y'know, there's that.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Didn't the bible talk of Gods genocide on people who God thought had sinned whatever sin actually is?? Funny how the pastors and ministers never want to talk about the utter brutality that is in the bibles chapters.

[@dapoodusanya1232]

😂😂😂🤣.........Scam

[@TranshumanistBCI]

I thought the same. And came to comment section to search, I can't be the only one that thinks it fake.

[@user-pl7tf9gv8e]

Everything has a pattern

[@missseveri3512]

After the likes of Elizabeth Holmes you just never know!

[@richardshane2080]

Dr. Marcel Just Since auditory signaling starts from our primary auditory cortex, and receives auditory information from the thalamus would that also be the self talking we all experience? If so, it doesn't seem far fetched to be able to listen on to anyone's self talk... basically allowing us to read your mind...and once our visual perception has been electrically decoded as our self talk I imagine then with the right instrumentation we would also be able to see what you see, the quest would be the creative and intellectual thought process that would be detected by instrumentation as seen here in its infancy... hahaha....wanna dance 🩰 What would be fascinating in this line of research would be I myself to engage my stem cells and others on corrections on any Cancer or ailments I might be experiencing... extrapolated further would we be able to occupy a brain grown from a brain farm without the cognitive ability until populated by our perceived state of consciousness leading some for a quest of immortality??? Next?