Abstract

Neurodevelopmental disorders include a wide range of difficulties and impairments in the development of cognitive and/or motor functions. The eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which came out in 2018 and whose application should start in 2022, has introduced for the first time the diagnostic group named neurodevelopmental disorders, which consists of disorders of intellectual development, developmental speech or language disorders, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental learning disorder, developmental motor coordination disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stereotyped movement disorder, tic disorders, and other specified neurodevelopmental disorders, as a residual category. The aim of this overview was to present the main diagnostic categories in the ICD-11 that constitute the group of neurodevelopmental disorders and to show the main changes in the diagnosis of individual disorders of the development using the ICD-11 compared to the previous ICD10. It is expected that the ICD-11 will provide better conceptualization and understanding of psychopathology, including neurodevelopmental disorders, and that the diagnosing of disorders will not only be easier, but also improved for both research and clinical purposes.

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