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What is a neurological disease? Definition is not as simple as it might seem

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  • Simon Shorvon

  • September 16, 2025

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    The rise in psychiatric disorder diagnoses is influenced by changing diagnostic criteria rather than biological changes.

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    Neurological disease-definition is believed to be more scientific than psychiatric definitions, relying on objective aetiology.

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    Confusion between symptoms and diseases complicates neurological definitions, as seen in epilepsy and functional neurological disorder.

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    Changing criteria in disease-definition can alter the nature of conditions, exemplified by the rise in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses.

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    Assigning aetiology in neurological diseases is complex due to multifactorial causes, challenging the notion of single-cause definitions.

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What is a neurological disease? Definition is not as simple as it might seem

  • by Simon Shorvon

  • September 16, 2025

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