Neurodiversity and Psychiatry: Towards Neuroinclusive Mental Health Care for All Neurotypes

Emerging in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the central idea of neurodiversity offers a new lens for understanding human nature, one that views neurocognitive and behavioural differences as natural variations in human functioning, alongside other forms of human diversity. Initially shaped by autistic self-advocacy and the work of sociologist Judy Singer, the neurodiversity paradigm invites a shift away from viewing differences such as autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and Tourette’s syndrome solely through a deficit or disorder-centred lens. Instead, it emphasises dignity, strengths, support needs, mutual belonging, and the role of social environments in shaping disability, distress, participation, and inclusion. In psychiatry, this perspective raises important questions about how research, clinical practice, public health, and institutions can better support cooperation across neurotypes and respond to the experiences and priorities of neurodivergent people while still recognising mental health needs, impairment, and suffering.This Research Topic proposes an open forum on neurodiversity and psychiatry, with a particular focus on neuroinclusion, clinical practice reform, and the potential for better cooperation across neurotypes. Rather than approaching neurodevelopmental differences only through a disorder-centred lens, this collection aims to encourage theoretical, clinical, empirical, and lived-experience-informed contributions on how psychiatric research and practice can help create environments in which different minds are understood, accommodated, and valued.We aim to bridge psychiatric research, medical science, clinical practice, public health, and perspectives from neurodivergent communities, while fostering neuroinclusive clinical environments and better psychiatric outcomes for neurodivergent individuals.This collection welcomes original research, reviews, perspectives, policy analyses, and theoretical, clinical, empirical, and lived-experience-informed contributions examining neurodiversity and psychiatry across research, practice, public health, and society. We invite manuscripts that explore how psychiatric research, clinical practice, therapeutic approaches, and mental health systems can better recognise neurocognitive and behavioural diversity, respond to individual and collective support needs, reduce barriers to care, and promote neuroinclusive environments. Contributors may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:* Neurodiversity-informed psychiatric research, assessment, and care* Psychiatric outcomes, clinical trajectories, and mental health across the lifespan* Clinical barriers to care, including diagnostic overshadowing, misdiagnosis, and unmet needs within mental health services* Stigma, trauma, and their effects on treatment engagement and clinical outcomes* Healthcare systems and public health approaches* Psychiatric nosology, diagnostic frameworks, and assessment validity for neurodivergent populations* Co-occurring mental health conditions and clinical management in neurodivergent individuals Topic editors: Arnaud Fernandez, Sara Uccella, Sanju Silwal, Shiho TANAKA, Philippe Auby Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/82256/neurodiversity-and-psychiatry-towards-neuroinclusive-mental-health-care-for-all-neurotypes