Let's begin our exploration of Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Intellectual Disability. The word "disability" refers to an inadequately developed ability, while "intellectual" pertains to mental faculties. I'll try to simplify these concepts in my own words.
Neurodevelopment is a complicated word, but if we break it into two words, the meaning becomes simple. The word "neuro" relates to the brain, and "development" concerns growth. Neurodevelopmental disorders include those mental disorders that manifest from childhood to adolescence.
Once we discussed symptoms as those sensations of discomfort or pain experienced by our body and/or our mind. Clinical psychology encompasses all the rules that allow us to act as "investigators" to determine the cause of symptoms, as well as the best way to treat them.
From previous posts, we've learned that it's possible to define parts of the brain that specialize in specific tasks. But what happens if one of these parts is damaged? Is that ability compromised or enhanced? The branch of psychology that deals with linking brain damage to the loss of abilities is called neuropsychology.
