Dr. Karl Deisseroth

I have to be totally motionless, which is kind of interesting. How do you go about that? I sit much like this, you know, I try to have time in each day where I am literally sitting almost in this position, but without distraction and thinking. And so it's kind of a, it's almost meditative in some ways, except it's not true meditation, but I am thinking while not moving.

Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. But everybody, as you say, is very different. And so with ADHD, the key thing is we want to make sure that this is present across different domains of life, school and home, to show that it really is a pervasive pattern and not something specific to the teacher or the home situation or something. And then you can help patients.

Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. But everybody, as you say, is very different. And so with ADHD, the key thing is we want to make sure that this is present across different domains of life, school and home, to show that it really is a pervasive pattern and not something specific to the teacher or the home situation or something. And then you can help patients.

Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. But everybody, as you say, is very different. And so with ADHD, the key thing is we want to make sure that this is present across different domains of life, school and home, to show that it really is a pervasive pattern and not something specific to the teacher or the home situation or something. And then you can help patients.

It's interesting that ADHD is one of those disorders where people are trying to work on quantitative EEG-based diagnoses. And so there's some progress toward making a diagnosis with looking at particular externally detectable brainwave rhythms.

It's interesting that ADHD is one of those disorders where people are trying to work on quantitative EEG-based diagnoses. And so there's some progress toward making a diagnosis with looking at particular externally detectable brainwave rhythms.

It's interesting that ADHD is one of those disorders where people are trying to work on quantitative EEG-based diagnoses. And so there's some progress toward making a diagnosis with looking at particular externally detectable brainwave rhythms.

Yeah, in the clinic, right. You have to have the right recording apparatus and so on. But that's in principle, as increasing confidence comes in exactly which measurements, one could even imagine moving toward home tests, but we're not there yet.

Yeah, in the clinic, right. You have to have the right recording apparatus and so on. But that's in principle, as increasing confidence comes in exactly which measurements, one could even imagine moving toward home tests, but we're not there yet.

Yeah, in the clinic, right. You have to have the right recording apparatus and so on. But that's in principle, as increasing confidence comes in exactly which measurements, one could even imagine moving toward home tests, but we're not there yet.

Yeah, this is a great question. I think about it a lot. And you mentioned this tick-like behavior in yourself. It's very common that people who have ticks have this building up of something that can only be relieved by executing the tick, which can be a motor movement or vocalization or even a thought. And people do, I think these days, do have this.

Yeah, this is a great question. I think about it a lot. And you mentioned this tick-like behavior in yourself. It's very common that people who have ticks have this building up of something that can only be relieved by executing the tick, which can be a motor movement or vocalization or even a thought. And people do, I think these days, do have this.

Yeah, this is a great question. I think about it a lot. And you mentioned this tick-like behavior in yourself. It's very common that people who have ticks have this building up of something that can only be relieved by executing the tick, which can be a motor movement or vocalization or even a thought. And people do, I think these days, do have this.

If they haven't checked their phone in a while, they do have a build-up, a build-up, a build-up until they can check it and relieve it. And there's some similarities, you know, there is a little reward that comes with the checking. But the key question in all of psychiatry, what we do is we don't diagnose something unless it's disrupting what we call social or occupational functioning.

If they haven't checked their phone in a while, they do have a build-up, a build-up, a build-up until they can check it and relieve it. And there's some similarities, you know, there is a little reward that comes with the checking. But the key question in all of psychiatry, what we do is we don't diagnose something unless it's disrupting what we call social or occupational functioning.

If they haven't checked their phone in a while, they do have a build-up, a build-up, a build-up until they can check it and relieve it. And there's some similarities, you know, there is a little reward that comes with the checking. But the key question in all of psychiatry, what we do is we don't diagnose something unless it's disrupting what we call social or occupational functioning.

Like you could have any number of symptoms, but literally every psychiatric diagnosis requires that it has to be disrupting someone's social or occupational functioning. And these days, you know, checking your phone is pretty adaptive. That pretty much helps your social and occupational functioning. And so we can't make it a psychiatric diagnosis, at least in the world of today.

Like you could have any number of symptoms, but literally every psychiatric diagnosis requires that it has to be disrupting someone's social or occupational functioning. And these days, you know, checking your phone is pretty adaptive. That pretty much helps your social and occupational functioning. And so we can't make it a psychiatric diagnosis, at least in the world of today.

Like you could have any number of symptoms, but literally every psychiatric diagnosis requires that it has to be disrupting someone's social or occupational functioning. And these days, you know, checking your phone is pretty adaptive. That pretty much helps your social and occupational functioning. And so we can't make it a psychiatric diagnosis, at least in the world of today.

Well, you're right to highlight both the opportunity and the peril that is there. And of course, we want to help patients. And of course, we want to explore anything that might be helpful, but we want to do it in a safe and rigorous way. But I do think we should explore these avenues.