Hey, I was hoping that someone could clear up for me exactly what a practicing behavioral neurologist does and how this differs from the work of a neuropsychologist and of a neuropsychiatrist. Thanks in advance for any responses.

Behavioral neurology deals with dementias mostly, but also with patients with aphasias, agnosias, apraxiasdisconnection syndromes: why they are the way they are. They are MDs with a neurology residency and a behavioral neurology fellowship. Neuropsycology does cognitive testing - fancy IQ testing to try to localize functions to brain areas. They're PhDs with a clinical bent. And neuropsychiatrists may be a made up word because most psych people don't care about neurology. There's some overlap obviously.

neuropsychiatrists exist. the field is sortof broad and overlapping. It includes psychological outcomes from rehab, alzeihmers, and a lot more. look in psych forum, we had a discussion there.

Sonya

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And neuropsychiatrists may be a made up word because most psych people don't care about neurology. There's some overlap obviously.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As Sonya said, DCW is incorrect. NeuroPsychiatry is a relatively new field developed only a few decades ago, and the description Sonya gives is a good general overview. One particular sub-specialty, founded by Dr. Arnold Pfeffer, who passed away last year, is called NeuroPsychoanalysis. It combines Freudian and Neo-Freudian psychoanalytic treatment with modern neurological imaging methodology to document organic brain morphology.