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Neuropsychiatry, a branch of psychiatry, is the study and treatment of psychiatric or behavioural disorders that occur in patients with neurological conditions. Neuropsychiatrists perform neurological investigations, psychometric studies (neuropsychology) and additional investigations to evaluate disorders such as Parkinson’s, dementia, schizophrenia, cerebrovascular accidents or head injuries.
In turn, neuropsychology complements investigations carried out in the field of neurology and psychiatry with the study of relationships between behaviour and brain functions in patients who have suffered some type of brain damage. In this way, advances can be applied to the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with deficits and damage in brain mechanisms linked to specific behaviours.