Neuropsychiatry - subspeciality of Psychiatry
dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the NS
- blend of neurology + psychiatry 
- closely related to behavioral neurology (sub of neurology, brain injury and diseases)
- brain/mind monism (unity in given field)
Parkinson
symptoms like psychosis and depression are often ignored in neurology.
- improved care of N and P reunited
Clinical Psychology
purpose of understanding, preventing and relieving psych- distress or dysf.
promote subj well-being and pers dev
Biological Psychology
- neurochemical, neuroendocrine and genetic PoV
- postulates that changes in brain signal transmission are essential in dev of mental disorders
Behavioral Neurology
- physical and cog functions, relationship btw brain and behavior
- frontal and temporal lobe syndromes. cs, attention, agnosias
Neurodocrinology
hormonal factors inducing anxiolytic behavior

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