Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms and Mental Health Services in Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Tehran, Iran

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Test–Retest Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change of Randomized Dichotic Digits in Learning-Disabled Children: Implications for Dichotic Listening Training

“…Fifteen LD children (eight males and seven females) with an age range of 7-12 yr were recruited from a study performed by Esmaili et al (2016) on specific learning disability in Iran. The study psychologist (A. P.) confirmed the diagnosis of learning disability in the children based on the Wechsler intelligence scale for children, teachercreated tests based on school textbooks (Esmaili et al, 2016), and the definition of learning disability provided in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Eleven children of the LD group were right handed and four of them were left handed.…”

Behavioral and Psychiatric Health Problems in Iranian Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…However, the overall frequency of co-morbid psychiatric disorders in normal students in Tehran and Paveh (Western city in Iran) has been estimated at 34 % (20)and 27.8% (21), respectively. The ongoing shifts in the socio-cultural behaviors and the rapid change in cultural and social context in Iran as a developing country could be main factors that cause these psychiatric disorders (1,3). However, similar reports regarding the frequency of co-morbid psychiatric symptoms in children and youth exist in worldwide studies (7).…”

“…Several studies with a variety of methods and tools have also reported prevalence of co-morbid psychiatric disorders in different regions of Iran (3,4,15,18). In Esmaili's study, 82.8% of student with learning disabilities in Tehran were diagnosed with co-morbid psychiatric disorders (3).…”

“…The outcomes of not addressing psychosocial development, psychiatric health and behavioral problems for adolescents and child extend to adulthood and relevant opportunities for ful lling lives is limited(8). Cultural, political, economic and social changes as well as the quality of the environment shapes behavioral, mental and physical health in children and adolescents (2,3). Early negative experiences in school, digital spaces, and homes such as the mental illness of caregiver or parents, exposure to violence, poverty and bullying, increase the risk of behavioral and psychiatric disorders and illness (9,10).…”

Construct validity of the Persian version of the Child Occupational Self-Assessment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Iran

“…Given the high prevalence of children with ADHD worldwide and the high level of comorbidity of this disorder with learning disabilities in Iran (Esmaili et al., 2016) this population was selected to study the psychometric properties of the Persian version of COSA. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the construct validity of COSA in a group of children with ADHD in Iran in order to provide a valid tool for occupational therapists to use in practice.…”