Does "all very much" mean "all being expressed abundantly"?

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What interests did you have in common?

There are three areas of really clear shared interest. One is trying to figure out a better way to bring data analytics to psychiatry. The diagnostic system we have is entirely symptom based and fairly subjective. A second was a concern over how we approach psychosis—that we could move earlier in the chain to develop a preëmptive approach. And the third was autism and developing biomarkers [to diagnose it].

Those are all very much in the strategic plan of the NIH. It’s great to know that a company like Alphabet is also interested.

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http://www.technologyreview.com/news/541446/why-americas-top-mental-health-researcher-joined-alphabet/

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[+3] - layman - 11/05/2015[quote]Does "a preÃ«mptive approach to psychosis" refer to "a safe and effective method to contact with psychiatric patients"? [/quote] Naw, Oris, it don't mean...

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@oristarA,

Read "very much" as "definitely".

There are three areas of really clear shared interest ... data analytics in psychiatry ... a preëmptive approach to psychosis ... biomarkers to diagnose autism. Those are all definitely in the strategic plan of the NIH.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Tes yeux noirs wrote:

Read "very much" as "definitely".

There are three areas of really clear shared interest ... data analytics in psychiatry ... a preëmptive approach to psychosis ... biomarkers to diagnose autism. Those are all definitely in the strategic plan of the NIH.

Thanks.
Does "a preëmptive approach to psychosis" refer to "a safe and effective method to contact with psychiatric patients"?

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@oristarA,

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Does "a preëmptive approach to psychosis" refer to "a safe and effective method to contact with psychiatric patients"?

Naw, Oris, it don't mean that. The whole sentence is:

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A second was a concern over how we approach psychosis—that we could move earlier in the chain to develop a preëmptive approach.

Pre-emptive generally means "preventing rather than responding to." In war a "pre-emptive attack" is one where you try to eliminate the threat from an enemy BEFORE they ever attack you by a "pre-emptive first strike."

In this context it means trying to prevent psychosis rather than just trying to treat it (fight it) after it has developed (approach it "earlier in the chain" of development).

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@layman,

Excellent.

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