Psychiatry: Neurodevelopmental Disorders — Treatise on Specialized Medicine

Psychiatry · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Detailed structural, pathophysiological, genetic and psychopharmacological analysis of maturational deviations of the central nervous system. Dimensional diagnosis strategies and transdiagnostic therapeutic approach.

What it covers

1. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
2. Introduction and Developmental Neurobiology
3. · Ontogeny of the Nervous System and Critical Periods
4. · Global Magnitude and Burden of Disease
5. · Temporal Interdependence and Synaptic Plasticity
6. DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 Classification
7. · Compared Classification Systems
8. · Limitations of Categorical Systems and the RDoC Project
9. Genetics and Epigenetics
10. · Genomic Architecture: Common and Rare Variability
11. · Variations in the Number of Copies (CNVs) and Microdeletions / Microduplications
12. · Epigenetics: Influence of the Environment on Gene Expression
13. ASD: Pathophysiology and Brain Connectivity
14. · The Excitation/Inhibition (E/I) Imbalance Hypothesis
15. · Aberrant Connectivity Models: Theory of Central Incoherence
16. · Dysfunction in Intrinsic Connectivity Networks
17. · The Mirror Neuron System (SNE)
18. ASD: Clinical Manifestations and Phenotypes
19. · Nuclear Symptoms according to DSM-5-TR Criteria
20. · Severity Level Stratification
21. · Phenotypic Gender Differences: Clinical Masking (Camouflage)
22. ASD: Differential Diagnosis and Comorbidities
23. · Standardized Diagnostic Instruments
24. · Exhaustive Differential Diagnosis
25. · Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities
26. ADHD: Neurotransmission and Attention Networks
27. · Neurotransmission Systems Involved: Dopamine and Norepinephrine
28. · Dysfunction in Large-Scale Attentional Networks
29. · Striatal Projection and Psychomotor Control Pathways
30. ADHD: Clinical Presentations and Course
31. · Clinical Presentations according to DSM-5-TR
32. · Clinical Course Throughout the Life Cycle
33. ADHD: Complete Therapeutic Approach
34. · Pharmacotherapy: Stimulants
35. · Pharmacotherapy: No Stimulants
36. · Psychotherapeutic and Behavioral Intervention
37. Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Development Disorder)
38. · Assessment of Adaptive Functioning: The Three Domains
39. · Etiology and Differential Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
40. Learning and Communication Disorders
41. · Specific Learning Disorder
42. · Communication Disorders
43. Gilles de la Tourette Disorder and Tics
44. · Definition and Diagnostic Criteria DSM-5-TR
45. · Pathophysiology: Dysfunction of the Cortico-Striato-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits (CSTC)
46. · Sensory Phenomenology: The Premonitory Impulse
47. · Tourette's Triad: Syndromic Comorbidities
48. · Pharmacological and Behavioral Intervention Strategies
49. Motor Coordination and Stereotypies
50. · Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
51. · Stereotyped Movement Disorder
52. Transition to Adulthood and Intervention Models
53. · The Service Transition Gap (Aging Out)
54. · Evidence-Based Intervention Models
55. · Advances in Pharmacogenomics and Precision Psychiatry
56. · The Neurodiversity Paradigm