Neuropsychiatry

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Neuropsychiatry, as a subspecialty of Psychiatry, is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It is closely related to the field of Behavioral Neurology, which is a subspecialty of Neurology that addresses clinical problems of cognition and/or behavior caused by brain injury or brain disease. Indeed, Behavioral Neurology / Neuropsychiatry is recognized as a single subspecialty by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS).

See also

• Neurology
• Psychiatry

External links

• American Neuropsychiatric Association
• The British Neuropsychiatry Association
• International Neuropsychiatric Association
• Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuropsychiatry Unit
• Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology