If you conduct a search, as Anasazi suggested, you will see me involved in many of them
As of right now, it is a fellowship accredited by the UCNS and is brand new.
It builds upon the foundation of primary training in Neurology or Psychiatry and adds to that knowledge of focal neurobehavioral disorders (amnesia, agnosia, etc), comobidities b/w neuro and psych disorders, psych symptoms in neuro disoders and all psychiatric disorders which are called neuropsychiatric syndromes.
The poisition of the the Neuropsychiatrist is that all mental states are brain states and that psych illnesses can be interpreted and evaluated as Neurologic disorders as reflected in the Neuropsychiatric examination.
Now, here is the question. What is the demand for these physicians? Is it really posssible to run a Neuropsychiatric practice and ask a depressed person go through a physical and whatnot?
I am very much intrigued by this area of medicine and have been in contact with people in the know. It appears to be up and coming. Personally, I have a fascination with psychopathology but I am sure I would love the practical side of medicine such as imaging and testing and the use of objective measures in a hospital setting. Maybe I could be a neurologist with this subspecialty? Would it be awkward for a neurologist in private practice to claim expertise in dealing with traditional psych pts and evaluate them in his office?
