NICE technology appraisal guidance
Issued: February 2008
TA136

Structural neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis

This is an extract from the guidance and may be misleading if read alone. The complete guidance is available at guidance.nice.org.uk/ta136

1 Guidance

1.1 Structural neuroimaging techniques (either magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] or computed axial tomography [CT] scanning) are not recommended as a routine part of the initial investigations for the management of first-episode psychosis.