In the special extended 50th episode of the podcast we bring together four of the leading figures in Neuropsychiatry over the last 40 years for a wide ranging discussion that considers the varying definitions of neuropsychiatry, behavioural neurology and neuropsychology and who needs them. We discuss trailblazers in the field over the last century or so, including Solomon Carter Fuller, an African American neuropathologist and neurologist who spent a year working with Alzheimer. Adolph Meyer, Charcot and Freud (a surprise and controversial appearance) also got a look inbefore a discussion of the pivotal role played by Alwyn Lishman and his book 1978 book ‘Organic Psychiatry’ in advancing the subject. We hear about the success of joint Neuropsychiatry/Behavioural Neurology fellowship training in the US and the increasing amount of functional neurological disorders coming to the speciality in the UK, concluding with a look to the future. Terrific conversation.

Participants:

Eileen Joyce, Professor Emeritus of Neuropsychiatry, University College, London.

Sheldon Benjamin, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School

Jonathan Bird, Retired Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Bristol.

Stephen Brown, Composer, Cellist, Retired Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Cornwall .http://cornwallcomposers.com/stephen.htm

Neuropsychiatry defined (UK): https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/become-a-psychiatrist/choose-psychiatry/what-is-psychiatry/types-of-psychiatrist/neuropsychiatry

Solomon Carter Fuller https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Carter_Fuller

Alwyn Lishman

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00997-1/fulltext

Norman Geschwind

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Geschwind

Produced and scripted by Ken Barrett.

Opening and closing music: Prelude to 'Brainland', the opera by Stephen Brown.

Brainland the opera website: www.brainlandtheopera.co.uk

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Sketch by KB illustration.

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