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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.

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1192/bjp.2025.10517

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

228

Pages

185 - 186

Total pages

1

Keywords

MRI, Neuroimaging, biomarkers, diagnosis and classification, precision medicine, Humans, Neuroimaging, Psychiatry, Mental Disorders, Brain