Association and Causation in Brain Imaging: The Case of OCD

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.; the Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos; the Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Illawarra Anxiety Clinic, New South Wales, Australia.

Comment

Dean McKay et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 1;174(6):597.

doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17010019.

¹ From the Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.; the Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos; the Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Illawarra Anxiety Clinic, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain Imaging Techniques; Causality; Neurodevelopmental Disorder; Neuroimaging; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Structural MRI.

Comment in

Association and Causation in Brain Imaging in the Case of OCD: Response to McKay et al.
Boedhoe PSW, Schmaal L, Mataix-Cols D, Jahanshad N; ENIGMA OCD Working Group; Thompson PM, Stein D, van den Heuvel OA. Boedhoe PSW, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Jun 1;174(6):597-599. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17010019r. Am J Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 28565945 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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