Posted by Elizabeth on June 30, 2001, at 18:13:41
In reply to Re: Stigma: it will just never go away, will it? » grapebubblegum, posted by judy1 on June 30, 2001, at 14:58:09
> Of course I agree with your stigma observations, but wanted to mention that my shink (who like all shrinks is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) actually practices both specialties.
That's not usually the case, actually. Most psychiatrists are just psychiatrists and treat the conditions that have come to be considered "psychiatric disorders," and most neurologists are just neurologists who treat conditions that have come to be known as "neurological disorders." (That doesn't mean there's any particular definition that distinguishes "psychiatric" and "neurological" disorders. Although there's a tendency for the physiology of "neurological" disorders to be at least a little better understood, this isn't true of every "neurological" disorder by any means.)
> He has seen considerable overlap with panic, bipolar and epilepsy. While he has me go to another neurologist who has the fancy equipment (and is getting a SPECT machine)
I think those things have a big place in the future of psychiatry, myself.
> he basically takes care of my neurological problems (results of head traumas) that intertwine so closely with my psychiatric conditions. I really think this is the future of psychiatry or neuropsychiatry- judy
To a certain extent, I do too. But most psychiatric patients don't have a history of head trauma and don't show lesions on structural brain scans (e.g., standard MRI -- more common than SPECT, PET, fMRI).
-elizabeth
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