OBJECTIVE Psychotherapy and biological psychiatry remain divided in psychiatry residency curricula. Behavioral neurobiology and neuropsychiatry provide a systems-level framework that allows teachers to integrate biology, psychodynamics, and psychology. METHOD The authors detail the underlying assumptions and outline of a neural systems-based neuroscience course they teach at the National Capi...

10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000318 © 2017 pISSN 1758-2008 eISSN 1758-2016 Neuropsychiatry (London) (2018) 8(1), 08–17 8 1Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de psychiatrie de l’enfant et de l’adolescent, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France 2Inserm U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France 3Service de psychiatrie de l’enfant et de l’adolescent, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France 4I...

j Abstract The recent developments of psychiatry getting better insight into the biological basis of psychiatric disorders questions the old division between psychiatry and neurology. The present paper focus on the concept of neuropsychiatry, its historical antecedents and closely associated disciplines like biological psychiatry, behavioral neurology and neuropsychology. A special emphasis is ...

Intranasal drug delivery (INDD) systems offer a route to the brain that bypasses problems related to gastrointestinal absorption, first-pass metabolism, and the blood-brain barrier; onset of therapeutic action is rapid, and the inconvenience and discomfort of parenteral administration are avoided. INDD has found several applications in neuropsychiatry, such as to treat migraine, acute and chron...

A 69-year-old male patient with previous history of traumatic brain injury 5 months ago was admitted to the Department of Neuropsychiatry because of aggressive behavior and delusional features. After starting on 2 mg of risperidone per day, his delusion, anxiety, and aggressive behavior gradually improved. Two weeks later, he was given 10 mg of donepezil per day for his mild cognitive impairmen...