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Review: J Stone and M Sharpe Internet resources for psychiatry and neuropsychiatry J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003; 74: 10-12 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Neuropsychiatry - however you define it, it is not just functional imaging

Maurice Preter M.D.   (5 February 2003)

Neuropsychiatry - however you define it, it is not just functional imaging 5 February 2003
Maurice Preter M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry University of Mississippi Medical Center Send letter to journal: Re: Neuropsychiatry - however you define it, it is not just functional imaging mpreter{at}att.net Maurice Preter M.D.	Dear Editor I read with interest your review of "Internet resources for psychiatry and neuropsychiatry".[1] I would agree that "[there] are rather fewer resources specifically dedicated to neuropsychiatry [...]. This reflects the nature of the beast - after 50 or more years of sometimes rather heavy-handed attempts to separate neurology from psychiatry (and sometimes, vice-versa) there is now a fair amount of confusion in the medical and the lay public about what exactly neuropsychiatry means. Although discussed together with neuropsychology in your article, it has little to do with the latter. Also, neuropsychology (sic) resources abound, on and off the Internet. It is, unlike neuropsychiatry, a sharply defined discipline. I would like to bring to your attention, somewhat self-referentially, my new web site, http://www.psychiatryneurology.com, that attempts to illustrate the newly rediscovered interface of neurology and psychiatry at length. It is to my knowledge, the only physician run web site dedicated to neuropsychiatry. A discussion of how re-integrating aspects of neurology and psychiatry would improve patient care can be found in the BMJ, at http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7352/1468#28326 Reference (1) Internet resources for psychiatry and neuropsychiatry J Stone and M Sharpe. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003; 74: 10-12.