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The intentional brain—a short history of neuropsychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Michael Trimble
Michael Trimble*
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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*Address for correspondence: Michael Trimble, MD, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3 BG, UK. (Email: mtrimble@ion.ucl.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Neuropsychiatry has had different meanings at different times in the history of clinical neuroscience. In this article, the origins of what has become today’s neuropsychiatry are briefly explored, hopefully revealing a number of pioneers of the discipline, some of the names being familiar to many readers, others however being less recognized or even unknown to those who today would wish to carry the moniker of a neuropsychiatrist. It explores the rise of what I refer to as modern or today’s neuropsychiatry, and empathizes a phenomenological approach to clinical understanding, and the fact that neuropsychiatry it is a discipline in its own right and not just a wing of psychiatry or a bridge between neurology and psychiatry.

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Historyintentional brainneuropsychiatry

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 21 , Special Issue 3: Neuropsychiatry , June 2016 , pp. 223 - 229
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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