title: Learning disabilities as a childhood manifestation of severe psychopathology.
abstract: The severity and nature of psychopathology in a group of learning disabled children was investigated. Compared to children in a normal control group, those in the learning disabled group manifested a significant degree of emotional maladjustment. They also exhibited disturbances in areas of ego functioning generally thought to be impaired in those with borderline personality organization. No linear relationship was found between severity of pathology and degree of underachievement.
authors.affiliation: Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Salyer
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Holmstrom
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Noshpitz
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004519:Education, Special; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012392:Rorschach Test; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test; D014477:Underachievement