title: Language impairment and psychiatric comorbidities.
abstract: This article provides an overview of language impairment and its associated conditions and discusses the interactive relationship between language and other domains of development, using the framework of developmental psychopathology. This framework emphasizes the mutually influential transactions approach between developmental domains within individuals and their environment. How knowledge can be translated to practice is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Otonabee College, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8. nimbolter@trentu.ca
authors.forename: Nancie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Im-Bolter
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D011379:Prognosis; D012938:Social Perception; D014705:Verbal Behavior