neuropsychiatry
noun
neu·ro·psy·chi·a·try
ˌnu̇r-ō-sə-ˈkī-ə-trē 
-sī-,
ˌnyu̇r-
: a branch of medicine concerned with both neurology and psychiatry
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The program provided postgraduate training in neuropsychiatry, while the program’s clinical component involved Jobe and other psychiatrists treating patients with neurodegenerative diseases who also were experiencing psychosis and other psychiatric conditions.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
Beds in a child neuropsychiatry unit at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome have been full since October, said Dr. Stefano Vicari, the director of the unit.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
Sonya and Hayley reached out to experts, starting with David Baron, a USC professor and neuropsychiatry researcher who has worked with many athletes.
—Patrick Hruby, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
And the study has further value; these complex activities may be more useful tests in rat models of neuropsychiatry than those in current use.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019
In a 2017 editorial in The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Alan Carson, a professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, points to a 2012 study of 3,439 former N.F.L. players.
—Kim Tingley, New York Times, 26 June 2019
The deal, which is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of this year, would be Biogen’s first program in th field of neuropsychiatry.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
After earning his medical degree from India’s Karnataka University, Ahmed completed his residency at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center with a focus on neuropsychiatry.
—Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Jan. 2018
Janice Stevens, staff psychiatrist at the neuropsychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, told The Post.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2017
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
Beds in a child neuropsychiatry unit at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome have been full since October, said Dr. Stefano Vicari, the director of the unit.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
Sonya and Hayley reached out to experts, starting with David Baron, a USC professor and neuropsychiatry researcher who has worked with many athletes.
—Patrick Hruby, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
And the study has further value; these complex activities may be more useful tests in rat models of neuropsychiatry than those in current use.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019
In a 2017 editorial in The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Alan Carson, a professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, points to a 2012 study of 3,439 former N.F.L. players.
—Kim Tingley, New York Times, 26 June 2019
The deal, which is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of this year, would be Biogen’s first program in th field of neuropsychiatry.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
After earning his medical degree from India’s Karnataka University, Ahmed completed his residency at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center with a focus on neuropsychiatry.
—Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Jan. 2018
Janice Stevens, staff psychiatrist at the neuropsychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, told The Post.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2017
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neuropsychiatry
noun
neu·ro·psy·chi·a·try
-sə-ˈkī-ə-trē, -sī-
plural neuropsychiatries
: a branch of medicine concerned with both neurology and psychiatry
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