ADHD, OCD, autism: Is it time to redraw the boundaries separating childhood behavioural disorders?

 ADHD in the News 2016-04-28


Almost all the children [Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou] sees also have additional disorders, like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and intellectual disability...She and her colleagues are now taking a new tack. In a trailblazing project called the Province of Ontario Neurodevelopmental Disorders (POND) Network, sponsored by the provincially funded Ontario Brain Institute, they’re studying multiple disorders together, with the hope that such an approach will lead to a better understanding of their biology.