ABSTRACT
This chapter will discuss the overlap between neurology and psychiatry, before going on to consider psychiatric diagnosis and management, particularly where it is relevant to neurology.
It has been suggested that neurologists deal with disorders of the brain, whereas psychiatrists see people with disorders of the mind. Whereas the brain may be considered like any other organ of the body, the mind is generally seen as indivisible from the person as an individual and is closely linked to concepts like soul and freewill. Thus a mind/person can be energetic, or lazy, or morally good or bad.
