Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Language Disorders 247 Differential diagnosis and assessment Hearing impairment is the most important differential diagnosis sin ...

248 Chapter 30 impairments. When a language disorder is associated with low IQ, the prognosis is generally worse. Within the pho ...

Language Disorders 249 to make friends or love relationships seemed to reflect a primary lack of social interest and skill; it w ...

CHAPTER 31 Reading Difficulties Reading difficulties affect up to 10% of children and adolescents and are of particular interest ...

Reading Difficulties 251 Most twin studies suggest that genetic variation accounts for about 30–50% of individual differences in ...

252 Chapter 31 Conversely, being markedly behind in reading attainments (reading back- wardness) does not necessarily imply SRD ...

Reading Difficulties 253 attempts to guess the word from its shape rather than on faulty attempts to decipher the word phonologi ...

254 Chapter 31 Box 31.2Differences between specific reading disorder and reading backwardness More strongly associated with: Spe ...

Reading Difficulties 255 individual’s overall advantage (irrespective of whether or not additional neurodevelopmental symptoms a ...

256 Chapter 31 Interventions for SRD Children and adolescents with SRD are all too often thought of as lacking in intelligence o ...

Reading Difficulties 257 Even if the link is indirectly mediated via attention difficulties, the resultant comorbidity between S ...

258 Chapter 31 Duff FJ, Clarke PJ. (2011) Reading disorders: What are the effective interventions and how should they be impleme ...

CHAPTER 32 Insecure Attachment This chapter discusses the development of attachmentpatterns,whichisa process that should occur i ...

260 Chapter 32 contradicted earlier psychoanalytic theories that children became attached because they associated parents with f ...

Insecure Attachment 261 heaters can serve the purpose of keeping a house warm enough). The child’s ability to crawl or walk towa ...

262 Chapter 32 Secure and insecure attachment Although nearly all children develop attachments, the quality of these attachments ...

Insecure Attachment 263 Ay-voidant.) More recently, an additional variety of insecure attachment has been recognised (type D=dis ...

264 Chapter 32 Table 32.1The ABCD classification of attachment Type Characteristic child behaviour (SSP)∗ Approximate %in non-cl ...

Insecure Attachment 265 attached to one parent might, if reassessed with other caregivers, turn out to be insecurely attached to ...

266 Chapter 32 is that family circumstances are generally stable, for example, a mother who is sensitive and responsive to her i ...