Key messages
- Neuropsychiatry specialises in mental illness associated with disorders of the nervous system.
- A statewide specialist service is located at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Neuropsychiatry specialises in mental illness associated with disorders of the nervous system. A statewide specialist service is located at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuropsychiatry Unit
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuropsychiatry Unit is a specialist eight-bed service that offers assessment, short-term admission and treatment in relation to neuropsychiatric disorders.
The unit is the clinical arm of the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, a research centre specialising in cognitive neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging and the neuropsychology of mental illness.
The unit also offers advice to psychiatric, neurological and other medical and mental health services.
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