How specific are 'Specific developmental disorders'? The relevance of the concept of specific developmental disorders for the classification of childhood developmental disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-363

  Rispens, Jan ^b   Van Yperen, Tom A ^a  

^a Netherlands Inst of Care and Welf   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; DSM; ICD 10; Specific developmental disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0030824712     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01519.x     Document Type: Article

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