Neurodevelopmental Dual Diagnosis Program

The Nisonger Neurodevelopmental Dual Diagnosis Program (formerly Dual Diagnosis Clinic), with support from the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the Franklin County ADAMH Board and Educational Service Center of Central Ohio-Franklin County Family & Children First Council, provides outpatient psychiatric services to children and adults with IDD and/or ASD in conjunction with mental health needs.  Referrals come to the program through designated staff at the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

The program can serve as a training site for multiple disciplines including residents in psychiatry and family practice as well as medical students.

For more information about the Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry Study Program, contact Shannon Guay at (614) 685-6701 or shannon.guay@osumc.edu.

Neurodevelopmental Dual Diagnosis Program Staff:

  • Craig Williams, MD
    Dual Diagnosis
    Psychiatrist, Dual Diagnosis - Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry
  • Elizabeth Paradis
    Medical Assistant
    Nisonger Clinics
  • Eugene Arnold, MD, MEd
    Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
    Dual Diagnosis - Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, Research Unit
  • Shannon Guay
    Administrative Assistant 3
    Dual Diagnosis-Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry