Today, mental health care is a combination of social support and pharmaceutical intervention. This approach has failed to stem the rising tide of mental illness in the US. Will major advances in genetics, brain imaging and technology inside and outside the body supplement, alter or replace these standards?
Mental Health Care Today
As research and volumetric imaging reveal a more detailed account of the causes of mental conditions, and digital diagnostic tools and interventions take over from pharmaceuticals, psychiatry will move back into the hospital.
Bioelectronics companies will replace pharmaceutical companies, as sensors, chips and telemetry data become essential to diagnosis, treatment and tracking patient data.