A Doctor of Analytical Neuropsychiatry is a medical doctor who has completed specialised training in both neurology and psychiatry. They focus on the relationship between brain function and mental and behavioural disorders. They use a combination of psychiatric and neurological approaches to assess and treat patients with a wide range of conditions caused by brain disease or injury.

Key aspects of a Doctor of Analytical Neuropsychiatry:

Dual expertise: These specialists have completed medical school, a psychiatry residency and a neurology residency, making them eligible to sit the board exams in both fields.

• Focus: They treat conditions at the intersection of clinical neurology and clinical psychiatry. This includes conditions where mental, emotional or behavioural symptoms are linked to a known or suspected brain malfunction.

• Integrated perspective: They view mental illnesses as having biological and neurological underpinnings and treat them from psychological and brain-based perspectives.

• Diagnostic tools: Their evaluations include traditional psychiatric and neurological assessments, as well as tools such as brain scans.

A Doctor of Analytical Neuropsychiatry is a medical doctor who has completed specialised training in both neurology and psychiatry, focusing on the relationship between brain function and mental and behavioural disorders. They use a combination of psychiatric and neurological approaches to assess and treat patients with a wide range of conditions caused by brain disease or injury.

Key aspects of a Doctor of Analytical Neuropsychiatry:

Dual expertise: These specialists have completed medical school, a psychiatry residency and a neurology residency, making them eligible for board certification in both fields.

Focus: They treat the ‘borderland between clinical neurology and clinical psychiatry’. This includes conditions where mental, emotional or behavioural symptoms are present.