Neuro-Psychiatry

Neuro-Psychiatry | Dr Pradeep chaurasia

What are neuropsychiatric disorders?

Neuropsychiatric disorder is a blanket in medical term that surrounds a broad range of medical conditions that involves both neurology and psychiatry. Common neuropsychiatric disorders include:

• seizures
• attention deficit disorders
• cognitive deficit disorders
• palsies
• uncontrolled anger
• migraine headaches
• addictions
• eating disorders
• depression
• anxiety

Neuropsychiatric disorders in children can mainly range widely in its cause, course, and severity.

What causes neuropsychiatric disorders in children?

Some of the major causes are: –

• traumatic head injury (TBI)

• infections
• medication side effects
• attention-deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD)
• genetic predisposition
• environmental factors
• In some cases, the cause may be unknown, may be related to other factors.

What are the symptoms of neuropsychiatric disorders?

One key component of neuropsychiatric disorders can be the symptoms tending to impact brain function, emotion, and mood. These can range from problems in focusing and learning in the case of ADHD to sadness, irritability, memory problems, mood problems, depression with a variety of other psychiatric and/or neurological symptoms.