Language, social cognitive processing, and behavioral characteristics of psychiatrically disturbed children with previously identified and unsuspected language impairments

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 853-864

  Cohen, Nancy J ^a,b,e   Menna, Rosanne ^a   Vallance, Denise D ^c   Barwick, Melanie A ^c   Im, Nancie ^a,b   Horodezky, Naomi B ^d  

^a Hincks Ctr Children's Mental Hlth   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Hincks Ctr Children's Mental H   (Canada)

^d George Hull Ctr Children Families   (Canada)

^e C M Hincks Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Language disorder; Psychiatric disorder; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031719325     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002789     Document Type: Article

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