Is There an Increased Familial Prevalence of Psychopathology in Children with Nonverbal Learning Disorders?

Autor/inn/en	Antshel, Kevin M.; Khan, Fahad M.
Titel	Is There an Increased Familial Prevalence of Psychopathology in Children with Nonverbal Learning Disorders?
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41 (2008) 3, S.208-217 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219408317546
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Incidence; Learning Disabilities; Hyperactivity; Nonverbal Learning; Identification; Psychopathology; Genetics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Clinical Diagnosis; Control Groups; Interviews; Attention Deficit Disorders; Depression (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Vorkommen; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Hyperaktivität; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Psychopathologie; Humangenetik; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung
Abstract	The cognitive and behavioral symptoms of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) have been described by previous investigators. Nevertheless, we know far less about the potential genetic contributions that may predispose a child to have NLD. An endophenotype model was investigated in 5 samples of children ages 9 to 15 years: NLD (n = 32); reading disorders (RD; n = 59); participants with a psychiatric diagnosis but "without" a learning disability (n = 55); typically developing controls (n = 31); and children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), a chromosomal deletion syndrome that has been proposed as being an exemplar of NLD (VCFS + NLD; n = 20). Based on a family genetic interview, the authors' data suggest that children with NLD, RD, or a psychiatric diagnosis have a higher prevalence rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance abuse/dependence. Psychiatric controls and children with NLD--but not children with RD--showed higher prevalence rates of familial bipolar disorder. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10