Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Canada)

This PSP aimed to identify the priority research areas of the Ontario neurodevelopmental disorders community when it came to questions about interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Neurodevelopmental disorders arise from disturbances in the growth and development of the brain and the nervous systems. Significant overlap exists among these disorders in risk factors, underlying molecular mechanisms and clinical outcomes related to emotional regulation, behaviour, learning, and self-control. Often children are given dual or multiple diagnoses dependant on these observed outcomes. In Ontario alone, more than 300,000 children and youth have been diagnosed with one or more neurodevelopment disorders.

See news from this PSP: June 2019

The Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Canada) PSP Top 10 was published in October 2017.