Is the division between psychiatry and neurology arbitrary?

Overall, while learning about the treatment and subsequent side effects of treatment for a couple of psychiatric disorders, one can observe the significant overlap between psychiatry and neurology, particularly in the areas of neurophysiology and neuropharmacology. read more

I feel your pain on this, because I'm a student also trying to decide between neurology and psychiatry. I'm frustrated by the division, which at times seems very arbitrary, especially for people interested in behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry. read more

Neuropsychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, which had common training, however, psychiatry and neurology have subsequently split apart and are typically practiced separately. Nevertheless, neuropsychiatry has become a growing subspecialty of psychiatry and it is also closely related to the fields of neuropsychology and behavioral neurology. read more