[Neurology-psychiatry interface in central nervous system diseases].

Objective: Brain pathologies are frequent sources of mental and behavioral disorders. In order to analyze the boundary between neurology and psychiatry, we analyzed all neuropsychiatric consultations seen at the inpatient Neurology, Neurosurgery, Critical Medicine and Neurological Emergencies clinics of the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico between 2007 and 2009.

Results: A total of 506 neuropsychiatric visits were included, patient mean age was 44.