Neurologists and psychiatrists have long recognized the frequent occurrence of psychiatric conditions in the context of neurologic disease. This frequent co-occurrence of psychiatric with neurologic symptoms can be induced by structural brain disease. Often, these disorders are not formally recognised by neurologists and a minority of patients are referred for psychiatric intervention. Mood and anxiety disorders are present in 40% of patients, are associated with greater disability and are persistent.
Brain dysfunction that causes neurologic symptoms like seizures, and impairments in movement, sensation, speech, or language also areas of the brain that regulate mood, emotion, cognition, and perception. Neurology and Psychiatry Neuropsychiatry exists at the interface between neurology and psychiatry. The traditional approaches of these two fields underpin its potential for leading to a…
