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I'm trying to grapple with the distinction between neurology and psychiatry at the moment. I'm sort of trying to grasp the intuitive distinction before going to to think about whether the distinction is principled or whether it is more a function of accidents of history. In another thread someone posted a list of some specialities within neurology:
1. General (Most expect proficiency in EMG and EEG)
2. EMG (Neurophysiology or Neuromuscular)
3. Sleep (The majority are not 100% sleep)
4. Stroke
5. Epilepsy
6. Pediatric
7. Movement Disorders
8. Headache/Pain
9. MS
10. Neurointensivist
11. Neurorehab
12. Neurobehavioral/Dementia
13. Neuropsychiatry
14. Neuro-imaging
15. Neuro-opthalmology
So I suppose that gives me some idea. Um... What is 'Neuropsychiatry' and how does that differ from psychiatry?
There are people working on developing models of what is going wrong in the Capgras delusion, for example (people say 'my wife has been replaced by an impostor) or whatever. Sometimes this arises within a context of a psychotic episode such as schizophrenia, othertimes this arises within a context of acquired cerebral injury. Is the thought that the first is psychiatric whereas the second is neuropsychiatric? Is neuropsychiatric about psychiatric disorders that arise in response to acquired cerebral injury? Um... In such cases are people given anti-psychotics? Do they seem to help.
Any thoughts on the distinction between psychiatry and neurology would be welcome. In particular on whether people think these disciplines will be merged eventually or on whether there is a principled distinction there. How about social practices? Will the distinction remain because the day to day stuff of the two fields is typically different?
Thanks.
1. General (Most expect proficiency in EMG and EEG)
2. EMG (Neurophysiology or Neuromuscular)
3. Sleep (The majority are not 100% sleep)
4. Stroke
5. Epilepsy
6. Pediatric
7. Movement Disorders
8. Headache/Pain
9. MS
10. Neurointensivist
11. Neurorehab
12. Neurobehavioral/Dementia
13. Neuropsychiatry
14. Neuro-imaging
15. Neuro-opthalmology
So I suppose that gives me some idea. Um... What is 'Neuropsychiatry' and how does that differ from psychiatry?
There are people working on developing models of what is going wrong in the Capgras delusion, for example (people say 'my wife has been replaced by an impostor) or whatever. Sometimes this arises within a context of a psychotic episode such as schizophrenia, othertimes this arises within a context of acquired cerebral injury. Is the thought that the first is psychiatric whereas the second is neuropsychiatric? Is neuropsychiatric about psychiatric disorders that arise in response to acquired cerebral injury? Um... In such cases are people given anti-psychotics? Do they seem to help.
Any thoughts on the distinction between psychiatry and neurology would be welcome. In particular on whether people think these disciplines will be merged eventually or on whether there is a principled distinction there. How about social practices? Will the distinction remain because the day to day stuff of the two fields is typically different?
Thanks.