title: [Mental health disorders among handicapped children and youth].
abstract: Data on the prevalence of mental health disorders among children and youth with hearing disorders, blindness, physical handicaps or intellectual disabilities are reviewed. Problems in parent-child relations and issues in the development of social competence and social participation are discussed as risk factors for emotional social maladjustment. The differentiation between developmental problems resulting from the handicap and mental health problems is a challenging task in practice. Some conclusions for psychopathological assessment of handicapped children and youth are presented.
authors.affiliation: Kinderzentrum München, Germany. sarimski.kiz@gmx.de
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarimski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior