The neuropsychiatry of brain tumours

ABSTRACT

Every psychiatrist who has worked in the clinical field for some time will be able to relate a story of a patient who presented with psychiatric symptoms but eventually turned out to have a brain tumour. We all fear that someday we will misdiagnose a brain tumour and therefore fail to save a patient's life. The purpose of this article is to give a brief outline of the important clinical issues related to brain tumours and psychiatry