title: Role of PET in the Investigation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.
abstract: PET imaging is used to assess a variety of psychiatric disorders. Most of these imaging results still lie in the realm of research, helping to understand the pathophysiology of different disorders, explore diagnostic criteria, and evaluate the effects of treatment. Future studies will be needed to explore how the growing number of neurotransmitter ligands can be used in the study of psychiatric disorders. Ultimately, identifying and validating clinical applications will be necessary so that PET imaging continues to play a key role in the management of psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 110 Donner Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: Andrew.newberg@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Newberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 110 Donner Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
keywords: Depression; Neurotransmitter; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; PET; Psychiatric disorders; Schizophrenia