The brain is also the most important organ studied in psychiatry, the branch of medicine that works to study, prevent, and treat mental disorders.
Sheldon has studied psychological disorders as part of his research for the Misery series, and suspects early on that Wilkes is mentally unstable.
Many different professions may be involved in studying mental disorders or distress.
Psychiatry refers to a field of medicine focused specifically on the mind, aiming to study, prevent, and treat mental disorders in humans.
He has been a pioneer in studying cerebrovascular disorders such as stroke, with numerous publications.
Chromium supplements have also been studied for their effects on cholesterol, heart disease risk, psychological disorders, Parkinson's disease, and other conditions.
Lacking the ability to use language to study behavioral disorders like depression and stress questions the validity of those studies conducted.
Dr. Muenke's lab is studying disorders in which this balance is thrown off.
Similarly, neuroscientists have come to learn a lot about music cognition by studying music-specific disorders.
Dr. Mayberg is one of the world's authorities on the use of functional imaging to study neuropsychiatric disorders.