Seven-year follow-up of speech/language impaired and control children: Psychiatric outcome

Author(s): Brownlie, E. B., Inglis, A., Wild, J., Ferguson, B., Schachter, D., Lancee, W., Wilson, B., Matthews, R.

Journal/Book: J Child Psychol Psychiat. 1996; 37: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England OX5 1GB. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 961-970.

Abstract: This study examined the 7-year psychiatric outcome of 202 speech/language (S/L) impaired and control children selected from a community sample at age 5 years. Children with S/L at age 5 years were more likely to be psychiatric cases at age 12.5 years than were normal controls, even if their S/L improved. Controlling for concurrent psychiatric disorder, S/L impairment at age 5 years was still associated with an increased rate of psychiatric disorder at 12.5 years. Psychiatric disorder at age 12.5 years was more likely to co-occur with language disorder than with speech disorder.

Note: Article Beitchman JH, Clarke Inst Psychiat, 250 Coll St, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, CANADA

Keyword(s): language; follow-up; child children; psychiatric; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL-CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; PREVALENCE

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