The World Health Organization criteria defines neurodevelopmental disorders as “behavioural and cognitive disorders that arise during the ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListTranslPediatrv.9(Suppl1);2020FebPMC7082243TranslPediatr.2020Feb;9(Suppl1):S1–S2.doi: 10.21037/tp.2020.02.03PMCID:PMC7082243PMID:32206578NeurodevelopmentalandneurobehavioraldisordersDilipR.Patel,MD,MBA,MPH11ProfessorandChairman,DepartmentofPediatricandAdolescentMedicine,WesternMichiganUniversityHomerStrykerMDSchoolofMedicine,Kalamazoo,MI,USA.DilipR.Patel1ProfessorandChairman,DepartmentofPediatricandAdolescentMedicine,WesternMichiganUniversityHomerStrykerMDSchoolofMedicine,Kalamazoo,MI,USA.FindarticlesbyDilipR.PatelJoavMerrick,MD,MMedSci,DMSc2,3,42Director,NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment,ProfessorofPediatrics,HadassahHebrewUniversityMedicalCenter,Jerusalem,Israel;3ProfessorofPediatrics,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,KY,USA;4ProfessorofPublicHealth,CenterforHealthyDevelopment,SchoolofPublicHealth,GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA,USA.JoavMerrick2Director,NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment,ProfessorofPediatrics,HadassahHebrewUniversityMedicalCenter,Jerusalem,Israel;3ProfessorofPediatrics,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,KY,USA;4ProfessorofPublicHealth,CenterforHealthyDevelopment,SchoolofPublicHealth,GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA,USA.FindarticlesbyJoavMerrickAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer(Email:[email protected])(Email:li.ten.vahaz@kcirremj)Received2020Jan17;Accepted2020Feb3.Copyright2020TranslationalPediatrics.Allrightsreserved.Duringthedevelopmentalperiodfrominfancythroughadolescence,neurodevelopmentandbehaviorareintricatelyrelated.Thetermsneurodevelopmentalandneurobehavioraldisordersareusedinterchangeablytodescribeagroupofdisorderswithcertainbasiccharacteristicsthatoverlapbetweendifferentdisorders(1-5).Neurodevelopmentaldisorders(ordisabilities)