This neuroscientist wants to change how we diagnose and treat mental illness
Imagine that a doctor could know which treatment would best help a patient with depression, anxiety, or some other mental illness by taking a picture of their brains, not unlike the way people get an X-ray for a broken bone. That will be in the future of clinical psychiatric practice, said Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, who started this semester as a psychology professor at Northeastern.
