Psychiatry: Neurodevelopmental Disorders — Treatise on Specialized Medicine
Psychiatry · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Análisis estructural, fisiopatológico, genético y psicofarmacológico detallado de las desviaciones madurativas del sistema nervioso central. Estrategias de diagnóstico dimensional y abordaje terapéutico transdiagnóstico.
What it covers
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Introduction and Developmental Neurobiology
- · Ontogeny of the Nervous System and Critical Periods
- · Global Magnitude and Burden of Disease
- · Temporal Interdependence and Synaptic Plasticity
- DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 Classification
- · Compared Classification Systems
- · Limitations of Categorical Systems and the RDoC Project
- Genetics and Epigenetics
- · Genomic Architecture: Common and Rare Variability
- · Variations in the Number of Copies (CNVs) and Microdeletions / Microduplications
- · Epigenetics: Influence of the Environment on Gene Expression
- ASD: Pathophysiology and Brain Connectivity
- · The Excitation/Inhibition (E/I) Imbalance Hypothesis
- · Aberrant Connectivity Models: Theory of Central Incoherence
- · Dysfunction in Intrinsic Connectivity Networks
- · The Mirror Neuron System (SNE)
- ASD: Clinical Manifestations and Phenotypes
- · Nuclear Symptoms according to DSM-5-TR Criteria
- · Severity Level Stratification
- · Phenotypic Gender Differences: Clinical Masking (Camouflage)
- ASD: Differential Diagnosis and Comorbidities
- · Standardized Diagnostic Instruments
- · Exhaustive Differential Diagnosis
- · Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities
- ADHD: Neurotransmission and Attention Networks
- · Neurotransmission Systems Involved: Dopamine and Norepinephrine
- · Dysfunction in Large-Scale Attentional Networks
- · Striatal Projection and Psychomotor Control Pathways
- ADHD: Clinical Presentations and Evolution
- · Clinical Presentations according to DSM-5-TR
- · Clinical Evolution Throughout the Life Cycle
- ADHD: Complete Therapeutic Approach
- · Pharmacotherapy: Stimulants
- · Pharmacotherapy: No Stimulants
- · Psychotherapeutic and Behavioral Intervention
- Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Development Disorder)
- · Assessment of Adaptive Functioning: The Three Domains
- · Etiology and Differential Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
- Learning and Communication Disorders
- · Specific Learning Disorder
- · Communication Disorders
- Gilles de la Tourette Disorder and Tics
- · Definition and Diagnostic Criteria DSM-5-TR
- · Pathophysiology: Dysfunction of the Cortico-Striato-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits (CSTC)
- · Sensory Phenomenology: The Premonitory Impulse
- · Tourette's Triad: Syndromic Comorbidities
- · Pharmacological and Behavioral Intervention Strategies
- Motor Coordination and Stereotypies
- · Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
- · Stereotyped Movement Disorder
- Transition to Adulthood and Intervention Models
- · The Service Transition Gap (Aging Out)
- · Evidence-Based Intervention Models
- · Advances in Pharmacogenomics and Precision Psychiatry
- · The Neurodiversity Paradigm
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- Subject
- Psychiatry
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
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- Study Guide
- Sections
- 56
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02