neuropsychiatry
Neurology meets psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry is a medical specialty that bridges neurology and psychiatry, focusing on mental disorders that arise from diseases or injuries of the nervous system.
Practitioners in this field treat conditions where the line between brain dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms blurs, such as dementia, epilepsy-related behavioral changes, or mood disorders following stroke.
The patient was referred to neuropsychiatry after developing hallucinations from her Parkinson's disease.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- epilepsyBrain disorder causing seizures
encephalopathy · depression · anxiety · neurodegeneration · catatonia · mania · delirium · Parkinson's
Study of drug-brain interactions
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- mood stabilizersDrugs regulating emotional extremes
- anticonvulsantsSeizure-preventing medications
anxiolytics · electroconvulsive therapy · deep brain stimulation · medication management · SSRIs · benzodiazepines
Visualizing nervous system structure
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- PET scanRadiotracer-based internal imaging
- EEGNeural activity recording
- lumbar punctureExtracting cerebrospinal fluid diagnostically
Organ's external tissue
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
- frontal lobeBrain's decision-making center
- temporal lobeBrain section for hearing
parietal lobe · basal ganglia · thalamus · limbic system · prefrontal cortex · white matter · grey matter · brainstem
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- apraxiaVoluntary movement execution deficit
- agnosiaInability to interpret sensations
amnesia · agitation · cognitive impairment · executive dysfunction · confabulation · disinhibition · apathy · perseveration
Hospital area for admitted patients
- outpatient clinicMedical facility without hospitalization
- neuropsychologistExpert linking brain to behavior
- clinical assessmentStructured diagnostic examination
- treatment planningOrganizing therapeutic approach
referral · follow-up · board certification · research · ethics
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
epilepsy · encephalopathy · depression · anxiety · neurodegeneration · catatonia · mania · delirium · Parkinson's · Huntington's
psychopharmacology
Study of drug-brain interactions
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- mood stabilizersDrugs regulating emotional extremes
anticonvulsants · anxiolytics · electroconvulsive therapy · deep brain stimulation · medication management · SSRIs · benzodiazepines
neuroimaging
Visualizing nervous system structure
lumbar puncture · CT scan · forensic evaluation · differential diagnosis
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
- frontal lobeBrain's decision-making center
temporal lobe · parietal lobe · basal ganglia · thalamus · limbic system · prefrontal cortex · white matter · grey matter · brainstem · cerebellum
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- apraxiaVoluntary movement execution deficit
agnosia · amnesia · agitation · cognitive impairment · executive dysfunction · confabulation · disinhibition · apathy · perseveration · anhedonia
inpatient unit
Hospital area for admitted patients
- outpatient clinicMedical facility without hospitalization
- neuropsychologistExpert linking brain to behavior
- clinical assessmentStructured diagnostic examination
treatment planning · referral · follow-up · board certification · research · ethics
- mental healthmental illness, therapist, therapists, psychiatrists, counselor
- neurologybrain, neurons, synapse, synapses, axon
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, combat stress, combat trauma, shell shock, battle fatigue
neuropsychiatrytalk therapy
Psychological treatment via conversation
psychoanalysis · Freudian analysis · depth psychology · psychotherapy · cognitive behavioral therapy