Hastings Cent Rep. 2014 Mar-Apr;Spec No:S31-6. doi: 10.1002/hast.296.
Advances in neuroscience have revolutionized our understanding of the central nervous system. Neuroimaging technologies, in particular, have begun to reveal the complex anatomical, physiological, biochemical, genetic, and molecular organizational structure of the organ at the center of that system: the human brain. More recently, neuroimaging technologies have enabled the investigation of normal brain function and are being used to gain important new insights into the mechanisms behind many neuropsychiatric disorders. This research has implications for psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, and risk assessment. However, with some exceptions, neuroimaging is still a research tool, not ready for use in clinical psychiatry.
神经科学的进步彻底改变了我们对中枢神经系统的理解。神经影像学技术，尤其是，开始揭示该系统中心器官（人类大脑）的复杂解剖、生理、生化、遗传和分子组织结构。最近，神经影像学技术已经能够研究正常的大脑功能，并被用于深入了解许多神经精神疾病背后的机制。这项研究对精神疾病的诊断、治疗和风险评估具有重要意义。然而，除了一些例外情况，神经影像学仍然是一种研究工具，还不能用于临床精神病学。
