Conn & Cavanna ^{Reference Conn and Cavanna1} discuss a meeting point for neurology and psychiatry. This is very important. My own view is that all future psychiatrists should be neuropsychiatrists. Psychological therapies should be provided by non-psychiatrists. The role of the neuropsychiatrist would be largely diagnostic and implementation of medical treatment (mainly psychopharmacology). This is the only way that makes sense of the medical degree in the first place.

New dual postgraduate training programmes in neurology and psychiatry should be instituted. The financial cost of a psychiatrist providing psychotherapy is prohibitive in the current climate.