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How Can Comorbidity With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Aid Understanding of Language and Speech Disorders?

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: This paper serves to provide a background for the topic of comorbidity than extends through this issue. Comorbidity is common within developmental disorders. It is shown that there are many possible reasons for comorbidity. Some of these can be viewed as artifacts as simple as chance occurrence or because of the way that the research participants were sampled. If these artifacts are eliminated, then comorbidity can be informative with respect to possible causes of the disorders that are comorbid. Several possible etiologic models are presented along with a general framework for considering levels of causality in developmental disorders.

Source: Topics in Language Disorders

DOI: 10.1097/tld.0b013e318261c264

Authors: J. Bruce Tomblin, Kathyrn L. Mueller

Institution: University of Iowa

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders