Ogundele MO, Morton M. Classification, prevalence and integrated care for neurodevelopmental and child mental health disorders: A brief overview for paediatricians. World J Clin Pediatr 2022; 11(2): 120-135 [PMID: 35433298 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i2.120]
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Michael O Ogundele, MBBS, MRCP, MSc, Doctor, Department of Community Paediatrics, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Lister Road, Runcorn WA7 1TW, Halton, United Kingdom. m.ogundele@nhs.net
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Behavioral Sciences
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Review
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World J Clin Pediatr. Mar 9, 2022; 11(2): 120-135 Published online Mar 9, 2022. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i2.120
Classification, prevalence and integrated care for neurodevelopmental and child mental health disorders: A brief overview for paediatricians
Michael O Ogundele, Michael Morton
Michael O Ogundele, Department of Community Paediatrics, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Runcorn WA7 1TW, Halton, United Kingdom
Michael Morton, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow G3 8SJ, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Ogundele MO conceived the idea, Ogundele MO and Morton M reviewed the literature and prepared the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Michael O Ogundele, MBBS, MRCP, MSc, Doctor, Department of Community Paediatrics, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Lister Road, Runcorn WA7 1TW, Halton, United Kingdom. m.ogundele@nhs.net
Received: March 23, 2021 Peer-review started: March 23, 2021 First decision: October 17, 2021 Revised: October 29, 2021 Accepted: January 13, 2022 Article in press: January 13, 2022 Published online: March 9, 2022
Core Tip
Core Tip: Neurodevelopmental, emotional, behavioural, and intellectual disorders (NDEBID) in this paper refers to many congenital or acquired long-term neurodevelopmental, neurological or muscular disorders, with the often co-occurring mental health disorders presenting in Community Child Health or child/ adolescent mental health settings. This paper provides a brief overview of the aetiology and prevalence of NDEBIDs, highlights common problems associated with the current classification systems and aims to stimulate discussion among professionals towards consensus agreement on how best to classify the NDEBIDs. It makes a strong case for integrated care between paediatric and mental health services for optimal assessment and management of children and young people with NDEBIDs.
