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Editorial: Neurology and psychiatry: “Oh, East is East and West is West …” || FREE PAPER ||
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Authors: Johan A Aarli
Published Date May 2005
Volume 2005:1(4) Pages 285 - 286
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S
Johan A Aarli
University of Bergen, Norway; First Vice President of the World Federation of Neurology
Neurology and psychiatry: “Oh, East is East and West is West …”
“…and never the twain shall meet”. However far removed, the two specialties do have a common root. The main difference has been that disorders with behavioral disturbances came to be regarded as mainly “functional” without a structural basis, while neurology concerned itself with symptoms having an origin in organic changes. Neurology has matured as a separate clinical specialty with close contacts with biology and similarities with internal medicine. At the same time, the influence of socioeconomic, familial, and interpersonal relationship brought a new dimension to clinical psychiatry. The two specialties drifted away from each other.
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