Cognitive neuropsychiatry
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'''Cognitive neuropsychiatry''' is a sub-discipline of [[psychology]] and [[psychiatry]] that aims to understand [[mental illness]] and [[psychopathology]] in 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 1990s but has been influential, not least because of its early successes in explaining some previously mysterious psychiatric disorders, most notably the [[Capgras delusion]] and other [[delusional misidentification syndrome]]s.
==External links==
* [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13546805.asp ''Cognitive Neuropsychiatry''] journal
==Further reading==
*Halligan, P.W. Marshall, J.C. (1996) ''Method in Madness: Case Studies in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.'' Psychology Press. ISBN 0-86377-442-3
*Halligan, P.W., and David, A.S. (2001). Cognitive Neuropsychiatry: towards a scientific psychopathology. Nature Neuroscience Review, 2, 209-215.
==See also==
* [[Capgras delusion]]
* [[Cognitive neuropsychology]]
* [[Neuropsychiatry]]
[[Category:Neuropsychology]]
[[Category:Psychiatry]]