Definition of Neuropsychiatry

1. Noun. The branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Neuropsychiatric

Definition of Neuropsychiatry

1. Noun. (medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features ¹

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Definition of Neuropsychiatry

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Medical Definition of Neuropsychiatry

1. The specialty dealing with both organic and psychic disorders of the nervous system; earlier term for psychiatry. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuropsychiatry

neuropraxic
neuropreservation
neuroprostheses
neuroprosthesis
neuroprosthetic
neuroprosthetics
neuroprotectant
neuroprotection
neuroprotective
neuroprotective agents
neuroprotector
neuroprotectors
neuropsychiatric
neuropsychiatrist
neuropsychiatrists
neuropsychiatry (current term)
neuropsychodynamic
neuropsychodynamics
neuropsychologic disorder
neuropsychologic test
neuropsychological
neuropsychological tests
neuropsychologist
neuropsychologists
neuropsychology
neuropsychopathic
neuropsychopathy
neuropsychopharmacologist
neuropsychopharmacologists
neuropsychopharmacology

Literary usage of Neuropsychiatry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"Subsequently he was consultant in neuropsychiatry to the third and fifth corps and the first army. After the armistice he served as consulting ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"The investigation was carried out along the lines of internal medicine, neuropsychiatry, and endocrinology with the hope of establishing a basis for a broad ..."

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