PSYCH 032: The Neuropsychiatric Approach to the Patient
This chapter is not about a disorder, but about a way of seeing. The neuropsychiatric approach reframes the patient encounter as an integration of neurology and psychiatry - recognising that behaviour, cognition, and emotion are expressions of brain function shaped by personal meaning.
In this episode, we explore how clinicians navigate this interface. The task is not simply to diagnose, but to localise, interpret, and contextualise. Symptoms are understood both as disruptions of neural systems and as experiences embedded in a person’s life.
We examine how careful history-taking, mental state…
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