Why doesn’t neuroimaging work in psychiatry?
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.
Authors
- Sameer Jauhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-3659)
- Toby Pillinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6074-2626)
- Robert Ali McCutcheon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1102-2566)
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10517
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Maudsley Charity
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care