Neuropsychiatry

Neuropsychiatry

Neuropsychiatric Illness is the term used to describe a group of Neurological disorders associated with psychiatric symptoms related to/caused by injury ,underdevelopment or diseases of the nervous system.( e.g.),Parkinson's disease(often has psychiatric symptoms associated with it's onset.),Tourette Syndrome,Huntington's disease, Multiple Sclerosis(related psychiatric symptoms),Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)(One of the most well known & controversial of all brain disorders is also, a classic example Neuropsychiatric illness,as its symptoms present as mainly psychiatric in origin.However modern medicine now regards it,as a genetic nervous system disorder( e.g. Tourette Syndrome )that manifests with psychiatric or behavioral symptomatology.),Autism,& Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.Many of these disorders(excluding ADHD & Autism)have surgical treatments available to help there sufferers in complex & severe cases.

Neuropsychiatry is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, in as much as psychiatrists and neurologists had a common training. However, psychiatry and psychology subsequently split apart and are typically practiced separately. Nevertheless, neuropsychiatry has become a growing subspecialty of psychiatry and it is also 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. "Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry" fellowships are jointly accredited through the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS), in a manner similar to how the specialties of psychiatry and neurology in the United States have a joint board for accreditation, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) is the American medical subspecialty society for neuropsychiatrists, offering fellowships and CME credits. ANPA also publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Recently, new non-profit professional society named Neuropsychiatric Forum (NPF) was founded. NPF aims to support effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, develop education schemes and research projects, organize neuropsychiatric conferences and seminars.