Psychiatric and Developmental Disorders in Children With Communication Disorder

By Dennis P. Cantwell

The weight of the psychiatric literature suggests that children with speech-language disorders are an at-risk group for emotional and behavioural problems. In addition, a number of childhood psychiatric syndromes and delays in psychomotor function are characterized by speech-language dysfunctions. sequelae of these dysfunctions, the prevalence and types of psychiatric disorders in children with speech/language dysfunction, and the correlation between the presence of psychiatric disorders and the type of speech/language disturbance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880483571
• ISBN13: 9780880483575
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"