Posted by paxvox on September 11, 2001, at 8:41:02
In reply to Re: Its time to merge Psychiatry into Neurology » Cam W., posted by susan C on September 10, 2001, at 19:42:01
Golly, ya'll gone all philisophical on me while I was out. OK. My brother is a Neurologist, and he would probably chuckle at that suggestion. However, from my own personal experiences, I believe that one should consider going to both Docs and have them collaborate (good luck!). Clearly, IMHO, there are medical conditions that merge between the two specialties, and each should have a better-than- average working knowledge of brain chemisrty and brain diseases that cause similar conditions (e.g. a brain tumor will cause personality changes, generally aggression, depending upon where it is in the brain). My brother told me that when people present with headaches, he commonly prescribes antidepressants when neuro functions are "normal" after testing.
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