Referrals, diagnoses, and neuropsychological findings in an outpatient sample of German children and adolescents with brain dysfunction.
Although the necessity of outpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation of neurologically impaired children and adolescents is widely accepted, outpatient services, however, are scarcely supplied. Furthermore, there are only a few analyses of the requirement of such services for children and adolescents. This investigation presents the results of an empirical analysis of referral sources, referral diagnoses, demographic characteristics, and neuropsychological findings for an outpatient neuropsychological utilization sample of children and adolescents with brain dysfunction. Finally, suggestions for the further development of adequate rehabilitation programmes are discussed.
Heubrock
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Center of Rehabilitation Research, University of Bremen, Germany. heubrock@uni-bremen.de
Petermann
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Brinkmeier
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D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index