Neuropsychidtry: a different approach or a different clientele?

Results of a rétrospective survey of the reasons for referral and admission to a speclallst neuropsychiatrie hospital are presented In an effort to address the uncertainties which exist regarding the nature of the conditions treated by this subspeciallty. The results Indicate that a wide range of both neurological and psychiatric conditions are treated, but the paper suggests that boundaries between these two specialities are largely conceptual and that the differentiating principle In the practice of neuropsychlatry Is mainly philosophical.