Characteristics of child psychiatric outpatients with slow processing speed and potential mechanisms of academic impact

Autor: Pieter J. Vuijk, Ellen B. Braaten, Sheila M. O'Keefe, Nathan E. Cook, Anna Samkavitz, B Andi Lee, Hannah S. Lind, Alysa E. Doyle, Gina A. Forchelli, Amanda K. Ward, Patrick S. McGuinness
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 29:1453-1464
ISSN: 1435-165X
1018-8827
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01455-w
Popis: While slow processing speed (PS) is well documented in youth with ADHD, growing evidence suggests that this difficulty affects children with other neuropsychiatric conditions. Clarifying the relationship between slow PS and different forms of psychopathology is important clinically, given the potential impact of PS on academic functioning, and conceptually. In 751 youth, ages 6–21, consecutively referred for neuropsychiatric evaluation, we examined the association between slow PS (i.e., Wechsler PS Index
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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