Behavioral Neurology vs. Neuropsychiatry

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• May 22, 2010

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Is there a difference between behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry?

 

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Behavioral Neurology is a subspecialty of Neurology, whereas Neuropsychiatry is a subspecialty of Psychiatry. You will need different residency training for each. They both focus on dementias and neurodegenerative diseases.

 

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good reference here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropsychiatry