Bridging the Great Divide: What Can Neurology Learn From Psychiatry?

David L Perez1, Matcheri S Keshavan1, Jeremiah M Scharf1

  • 1From the Department of Neurology, Behavioral Neurology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (DLP, BHP); the Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (DLP); the Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston (MSK); the Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (JMS); the Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (JMS); the Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Psychiatry, University of Iowa Health Care, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa (ADB); and the Department of Neurology, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Mass. (BHP).

Summary

Neurology and psychiatry can integrate by adopting a clinical neuroscience approach. This involves shifting to circuit-based, bidirectional, and transdiagnostic models for better brain disorder assessment and treatment.

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