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标题：Ethical Implications of Brain Imaging in Psychosis and Psychopathy
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作者：Emma Sprooten ; Louise Robinson ; Stephen M Lawrie 等
期刊名称：SCRIPT-ed
电子版ISSN：1744-2567
出版年度：2011
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：175-183
出版社：AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
摘要：During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the absence of evidence of biological causes of psychiatric disorders meant they were distinguished from neurological diseases with known organic causes. Technical innovations in recent decades, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have transformed views of psychiatric disorders in many cases from disorders of the mind to disorders of the brain. Nowadays, schizophrenia and even the less severe but more common personality and mood disorders are also understood to have organic associates. The continued refinement of acquisition and analysis techniques in brain imaging has the potential not only to increase our understanding of psychiatric disorders and improve treatment, but also to generate applications as diagnostic aids and in prognostication.1 In addition, the conceptual shift of psychiatry towards biology could impact upon society in various ways, for example by bringing about changes within the operation of the legal system, or by affecting stigma. In this article we will review briefly what brain imaging has contributed to our current knowledge of psychosis and disorders associated with antisocial behaviour, and discuss some of the ethical implications.