Neurobiological Fingerprints of Psychiatric Disorders: An Opportunity to Refine Diagnostic Categorization

Abstract

Some of the problems which have plagued psychiatry and psychology relate to the limitations of our ability to research conditions to any extent that there is a preponderance of connective data to clarify specific differences in conditions. Part of the problem in achieving the best quality of research is that all life functions on a continuum, spanning time and changing over that medium. Most physical medical scientists know that gathering samples of blood, or blood pressure, or other measures must be repeated at the same time and under the same conditions every time to be able to make accurate comparisons. Blood pressure in the morning will be different from the blood pressure at night [1].