The co-occurrence of mental disorders in children and adolescents with intellectual disability/intellectual developmental disorder

The co-occurrence of mental disorders in children and adolescents with intellectual disability/intellectual developmental disorder.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The study summarizes supportive epidemiological data regarding the true co-occurrence (comorbidity) and course of mental disorders in children with intellectual disability/intellectual developmental disorders (ID/IDD) across the lifespan. RECENT FINDINGS Published studies involving representative populations of children and adolescents with ID/IDD have demonstrated a three t...

Pervasive developmental disorder behavior in adolescents with intellectual disability and co-occurring somatic chronic diseases.

Evidence on the association between somatic chronic diseases in ID-adolescents and the full range of pervasive developmental disorder behavior (PDD behavior) is scarce. The aim of the present study is to assess the association between somatic chronic diseases in ID-adolescents and mild PDD behavior. We obtained data on 1044 ID-adolescents, aged 12-18, attending secondary schools in the Netherla...

of Mental Health for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities : An Educational Resource

Co-occurrence of communication disorder and psychiatric disorders in maltreated children and adolescents: relationship with global functioning.

OBJECTIVE To study the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders (PD) and communication disorders (CD) and their relationship with global functioning in maltreated children and adolescents. METHODS The sample comprised 143 maltreated children and adolescents (55.8% male). All underwent clinical communication and psychiatric evaluations, as well as global functioning assessment using the Children...

The effective of Vestibular stimulation on Improve motor skills in children educable mental retardation with developmental coordination disorder

Background and Aim: Children need to have appropriate sensory stimulation, sensory stimulation improve motor skills and competence for the children to school. Such as of these stimulations is vestibular stimulation. Many of the educable mentally disability child are the poor motor coordination and balance that some of these children, who are known as developmental coordination disorder (DCD). T...