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Review
. 2024:68:371-397.
doi: 10.1007/7854_2024_462.

Large-Scale Neuroimaging of Mental Illness

Christopher R K Ching  1 , Melody J Y Kang  1 , Paul M Thompson  1
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Large-Scale Neuroimaging of Mental Illness

Christopher R K Ching et al. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2024.

Abstract

Neuroimaging has provided important insights into the brain variations related to mental illness. Inconsistencies in prior studies, however, call for methods that lead to more replicable and generalizable brain markers that can reliably predict illness severity, treatment course, and prognosis. A paradigm shift is underway with large-scale international research teams actively pooling data and resources to drive consensus findings and test emerging methods aimed at achieving the goals of precision psychiatry. In parallel with large-scale psychiatric genomics studies, international consortia combining neuroimaging data are mapping the transdiagnostic brain signatures of mental illness on an unprecedented scale. This chapter discusses the major challenges, recent findings, and a roadmap for developing better neuroimaging-based tools and markers for mental illness.

Keywords: Biological psychiatry; Machine learning; Mental illness; Neuroimaging; Neuroimaging genetics; Transdiagnostic studies.

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