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Why doesn’t neuroimaging work in psychiatry?

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Half a century of neuroimaging has transformed our understanding of psychiatric disorders but not our clinical practice. This piece examines why that promise remains unfulfilled and argues that the future lies not in ever newer tools but in rigorous, mechanistically grounded and clinically embedded imaging approaches that bridge brains, behaviours and treatments.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10517

Authors: Robert A. McCutcheon, Sameer Jauhar, Toby Pillinger

Institutions: King's College London, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, University of Oxford, Imperial College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Language: English

Topic: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze