Psychiatric risk in children with speech and language disorders.
Based on an initial community sample of 1,655 5-year-old children, this report utilized the risk statistic to estimate a child's risk for developing a psychiatric disturbance depending on his or her status as speech/language-impaired. Results showed that risk estimates varied as a function of gender and source of information (teacher, parent, psychiatric reports). Overall, speech- and language-impaired children had a higher risk for developing a psychiatric disturbance compared with normal language controls, with speech/language-impaired girls being at greater risk than boys.
Beitchman
J H
JH
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hood
J
J
Inglis
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology*