Emotional disorders in learning disabled adolescents

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed patients discharged from the psychiatric inpatient adolescent service and correlated neuropsychological subtypes with the patient's psychiatric diagnoses. Depressed learning disabled patients had visual memory and processing deficits. Conduct or behaviorally disordered patients had expressive language deficits. Learning disability subtypes may affect psychotherapy and therefore should be known when planning psychotherapy.

Specific reading disabilities: Early identification and long‐term outcome

“…In a population of adolescents with learning disabilities on an inpatient psychiatric service, Faigel et al [1992] found that those with language-based disorders were more likely to have conduct disorders, whereas those with visual-memory disorders were more likely to have depression. Rourke et al [1989] described an increased risk of depression and suicide among individuals MRDD RESEARCH REVIEWS IDENTIFICATION A N D OUTCOME REYNOLDS ET AL.…”