Neuropsychiatry for the Neurologist

In 2002, Joseph Boyd Martin, the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University and Dean of Harvard Medical School, wrote a transformative article highlighting the need for a re-convergence of the fields of neurology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.[1] As he looked toward the 21st century, Prof. Martin wrote “The ‘brain problem’ is arguably the most difficult we will ever encounter. It is a challenge that will excite and test the limits of our creativity and imagination…. Leaders in academic medicine and the sciences at each of our institutions and at a national and international level must work to break down the barriers between disciplines to remove the obstacles for fuller collaboration and integration.”