Top Docs ’10 Profiles: Vernon M. Neppe

Vernon M. Neppe, M.D., Ph.D. Specialties: Neuropsychiatry, behavioral neurology, psychopharmacology and neuropharmacologyPractice: Pacific Neuropsychiatric InstituteHospital affiliations: Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical CenterMedical degree: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Explain the difference between psychopharmacology, neuropharmacology, neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology.They are related yet different. Psychopharmacology involves the management of brain-influencing medications. Neuropharmacology is the actual…