Psychopathology in Young Children With Developmental Disabilities

Abstract

Children and adults with developmental disorders have significantly higher rates of psychopathology than those without developmental disabilities In this report young children presenting to a developmental assessment center were evaluated for psychopathology High rates of psychiatric disorder were found There was a clustering of the more severe psychiatric conditions of childhood in the more cognitively delayed children Recommendations for mental health intervention were made for 70% of children seen at the center.