Table 1.

Neurodevelopmental disorders and associated synonyms

Disorder	Other synonyms
Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder	Paediatric bipolar disorder
Social phobia, unspecified	Social anxiety or social anxiety phobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder	OCD
Eating disorders, unspecified	Bulimia or anorexia
Mild intellectual disability	Developmental academic disorder or learning difficulties
Social pragmatic communication disorder	Social communication disorder
Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified	Speech and language disorder
Specific reading disorder	Reading disorder or written disorder or dyslexia
Mathematics disorder	Acalculia or mathematic disability or dyscalculia
Specific developmental disorder of motor function	Developmental coordination disorder or dyspraxia
Autistic disorders	Autism spectrum disorder, pervasive development disorder, ASD and (including Asperger’s syndrome)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	ADHD
Reactive attachment disorder	RAD
Tic disorder	Tourette’s syndrome
Stereotyped movement disorder
Foetal alcohol syndrome	Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder or FASD