The new DSM-5 classification includes two new categories of brain dysfunction: neurodevelopmental disorders with onset in the developmental period and major ...March2014-Volume27-Issue2PreviousArticleNextArticleArticleasEPUBExportAllImagestoPowerPointFileAddtoMyFavoritesColleague'sE-mailisInvalidYourName:(optional)YourEmail:Colleague'sEmail:Separatemultiplee-mailswitha(;).Message:Thoughtyoumightappreciatethisitem(s)IsawatCurrentOpinioninPsychiatry.SendacopytoyouremailYourmessagehasbeensuccessfullysenttoyourcolleague.Someerrorhasoccurredwhileprocessingyourrequest.Pleasetryaftersometime.EndNoteProciteReferenceManagerSavemyselectionNEURODEVELOPMENTALANDNEUROCOGNITIVEDISORDERS:EditedbyJamesC.HarrisandPerminderSachdevHarris,JamesC.AuthorInformationDepartmentsofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences,Pediatrics,MentalHealth,andHistoryofMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineandBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,Baltimore,Maryland,USACorrespondencetoJamesC.Harris,MD,DirectorDevelopmentalNeuropsychiatry,ProfessorofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences,Pediatrics,MentalHealth,andHistoryofMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineandBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,12thFloor,CharlotteR.BloombergChildren'sCenter,1800OrleansStreet,Baltimore,MD21287,USA.Tel:+14106142401;fax:+14109558691;e-mail:[email protected]CurrentOpinioninPsychiatry:March2014-Volume27-Issue2-p95-97doi:10.1097/YCO.0000000000000042FreeMetricsThemostsubstantiveclinicaladvanceinDevelopmentalNeuropsychiatry[1]duringthelastyearisthepublicationoftheDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders,FifthEdition(DSM-5)[2].DSM-5replacestheDSMIVsection‘Disordersusuallyfirstdiagnosedininfancy,childhood,oradolescence’withanewsection,NeurodevelopmentalDisorders.ThenewDSM-5classificationincludestwonewcategoriesofbraindysfunction:neurodevelopmentaldisorderswithonsetinthedevelopmentalperiodandmajorneurocognitivedisorders(e.g.Alzheimer'sDisease)withonsetinlaterlife[2,3].Moreover,adevelopmentalfocusissustainedthroughouttheDSM-5Manu