Neuropsychiatry

X-ray image of deep brain stimulation, an experimental procedure used to treat disorders such as OCD and depression.

Neuropsychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with psychiatry as it relates to neurology, in an effort to understand and attribute behavior to the interaction of neurobiology and social psychology factors.[1] Within neuropsychiatry, the mind is considered "as an emergent property of the brain",[2] whereas other behavioral and neurological specialties might consider the two as separate entities.[3] Those disciplines are typically practiced separately.

Currently, neuropsychiatry has become a growing subspecialty of psychiatry as it closely relates the fields of neuropsychology and behavioral neurology, and attempts to utilize this understanding to better understand autism, ADHD, Tourette's syndrome, etc.

  1. ^ Sachdev, Perminder S. (May 2005). "Whither Neuropsychiatry?". The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 17 (2): 140–141. doi:10.1176/jnp.17.2.140. ISSN 0895-0172. PMID 15939966.
  2. ^ Sachdev, Perminder S.; Mohan, Adith (2013). "Neuropsychiatry: Where Are We And Where Do We Go From Here?". Mens Sana Monographs. 11 (1): 4–15. doi:10.4103/0973-1229.109282 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0973-1229. PMC 3653233. PMID 23678234.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  3. ^ Yudofsky, S.C.; Hales, E.H. (2002). "Neuropsychiatry and the Future of Psychiatry and Neurology". American Journal of Psychiatry. 159 (8): 1261–1264. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.8.1261. PMID 12153815.