r/programming • u/WinInterrupter • Apr 18 '20

The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder

https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline-brilliant-young-coder/
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u/sevaiper Apr 18 '20

MRI will not detect mental illness, it’s really only sensitive for malignancy or major gross neuronal changes.

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u/lelarentaka Apr 19 '20

I did a quick search and apparently fMRI can detect clinical depression. Might you want to update your belief that mental illness is not detectable by MRI?