Kids with disabilities may have undiagnosed mental health issues
January 28th, 2009From the [Toronto] Globe and Mail:
Experts say as many as 50 percent of children with developmental disabilities may also have mental health issues like anxiety, depression or obsessiveness. But the second conditions often go undiagnosed as kids have difficulty communicating with doctors.
Symptoms of mental health issues may also be mistakenly attributed to the developmental disability by doctors and loved ones.
“They’ll say it’s because of his developmental disability that he’s not interested in the world around him and prefers to sit and watch television all day,” says social worker Susan Morris, clinical director of the dual diagnosis program at Toronto’s Center for Addiction and Mental Health.
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