Can schizophrenia be diagnosed by instruments?

  1, From the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia in psychiatry worldwide, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is based on the physician’s examination judgment and does not rely on instrumental testing.  2. Patients with schizophrenia often deny having the disease and are unwilling to take medication, but antipsychotic medication is the primary means of treating this disease and is difficult to replace with other methods. As for the selection of specific drugs, it needs to be determined according to the patient’s specific condition. The only method other than medication that is recognized as effective is electroconvulsive therapy. It is not recommended to listen to advertisements and not to believe in some diagnostic and therapeutic methods with miraculous efficacy, which are cloaked in science.