The purpose of the ARNMD is to bridge the neurosciences that connect psychiatry and neurology. More than a century ago, there was little distinction between neurology and psychiatry. Great physician-scientists such as Jackson, Charcot, Kraepelin and Freud made crucial observations linking abnormalities of perception, cognition, emotion and behavior to brain dysfunction. Freud had great insights into the workings of the human mind. However, he knew that he lacked the neuroscientific tools to understand its neurobiological substrate. Perhaps as a result, psychiatry and neurology drifted apart. Today, after an explosion of neuroscientific investigation over the past few decades, those tools now exist. With them, there is no longer the need for dichotomous conceptions of diseases as purely “neurologic” or “psychiatric,” and patients are better served. |
ARNMD is a society of neurologists, psychiatrists, and scholars interested in neuroscience and related fields. Members join to keep abreast of developments in neuroscience as they relate to psychiatry and neurology.
For additional information contact
Annlouise Goodermuth | 570.236.2409 |amgooder@ptd.net |