Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral/Cognitive Neurology

Harvard HMS

In the 1970s, Norman Geschwind at Harvard Medical School coined the term "behavioral neurology" to describe studies around the behavioral and cognitive manifestations of underlying brain disease. Over the past decades, the field of behavioral/cognitive neurology and neuropsychiatry has advanced significantly, now being recognized as a single subspecialty that promotes collaboration in areas of research, clinical care, and education.The neuropsychiatry and behavioral/cognitive neurology…