Cognitive neuropsychiatry

Cognitive neuropsychiatry is a sub-discipline of psychologyand psychiatrythat aims to understand mental illnessand psychopathologyin terms of models of normal psychological function. It is also a way of uncovering normal psychological processes by studying the effects of their change or impairment. It is derived from the fields of psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive neuropsychology.

It is a relatively new discipline and only started in earnest in the 1990sbut has been influential, not least because of its early successes in explaining some previously mysterious psychiatric disorders, most notably the Capgras delusionand other delusional misidentification syndromes.

External links

• Cognitive Neuropsychiatryjournal

Further reading

• Halligan, P.W. Marshall, J.C. (1996) Method in Madness: Case Studies in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. Psychology Press. ISBN 0863774423

See also

• Capgras delusion
• cognitive neuropsychology

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