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The Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 13))

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Developmental disorders affecting intelligence and behavior are among the most mystifying diseases of humankind. This is because they are primarily caused by abnormalities in the development of the most complex human organ, the brain. Perhaps the reason so little is understood about mental retardation, autism, childhood schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, specific learning disorders, and Tourette disorder is that very little is still understood about how a normal brain develops. The premise of this chapter is that the key to understand these illnesses is an understanding of the processes involved in neurodevelopment.

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