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"Psychiatry"
There is no doubt that our growing knowledge regarding the biological origin of psychiatric illnesses is a source of endless excitement. Since the time of the Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Cajal, discoveries in neuropathology have helped establish the authenticity of diagnoses ranging from epilepsy to ADHD, and so given science another valuable victory over centuries of [...]
Psychiatry is my primary field of interest, and as a final year medical student, will hopefully be the career I begin to pursue within the next year. As my understanding and experience grows, so to will this section, which will hopefully contain useful discussions of some of the field’s most important themes. In addition, personal [...]
Something of a misnomer, this section will deal with the more empirical aspects of the field. Included in this understanding of “biological” will be issues related to functional neuro-imaging, genetics, neuropathology and psychopharmacology.
