title: Consultation interactions between special education teachers and child psychiatrists.
abstract: Characteristics were investigated for 169 special education students referred to a child psychiatrist consultant. There was a common occurrence of learning or language disorders, predominance of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, severity and complexity of psychopathology, and undertreatment. The teachers especially asked about diagnosis, behavioral management, and medication and also about issues involving learning and language disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA. rmattison@mail.psychiatry.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mattison
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D003253:Consultants; D004517:Education, Professional; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D012106:Research