Short report: Exploring the extent to which intellectual disability is undiagnosed within children attending developmental paediatric clinics

Autor: Lauren Delahunty, Anne O’Hare, Louise Marryat, Tracy M. Stewart, Karen McKenzie, George Murray, Nandita Kaza
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Delahunty, L, O'Hare, A, Marryat, L, Stewart, T M, McKenzie, K, Murray, G & Kaza, N 2022, ' Short report: Exploring the extent to which intellectual disability is undiagnosed within children attending developmental paediatric clinics ', Research in Developmental Disabilities, vol. 131, 104359 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104359
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104359
Popis: Intellectual Disability is under-ascertained worldwide and is associated with greater physical and mental health difficulties. This research aimed to identify clinical features and characteristics of children with Intellectual Disability in a population of 126 6–18 year olds in mainstream school, attending paediatric developmental clinics. Intellectual Disability was defined according to the DSM-5 (deficits in intellectual and adaptive functioning, present during childhood). Measures used to assess this were WISC-IV IQ (score
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