Comorbidities in developmental disorders [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin C.O. Bax and Christopher Gillberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779076303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Mac Keith Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-907655-67-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Collana: 187; Clinics in developmental medicine ; ; no. 187
• Altri autori (Persone): BaxMartin; GillbergChristopher
• Disciplina: 618.928588
• Soggetti: Comorbidity; Developmental disabilities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR COMORBIDITIES; Terminology; Features associated with intellectual disability; Reasons for psychiatric and psychological comorbidities; Down syndrome: an illustration of a specific aetiological cause of intellectual; Frequent clinical common final pathways; Self-injury; The need for a conceptual shift; Example of multidimensional aetiologically driven developmental and; Conspicuousness by absence; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 2 HETEROGENEITY IN CEREBRAL; Introduction; Terminology; Brain syndromes; Neurological heterogeneity and cerebral palsy Pervasive developmental disorders and cerebral palsy; Conclusions; REFERENCES; 3 GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; Symptoms and diagnosis of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; The comorbidities of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Relationship between Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and its comorbidities; Management; REFERENCES; 4 COMORBIDITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS:; Impact of classification schemes on comorbidity; Associations with other neurodevelopmental problems; Common disorders of mental health; Associations with brain disorders; General conclusions REFERENCES; 5 EARLY LANGUAGE DISORDER AS A FREQUENT COMORBIDITY IN MANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN ; YOUNG CHILDREN; Preliminary comment regarding comorbidity; Some conditions associated with inadequate language development; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 6 AUTISM AND EPILEPSY: COMORBIDITY, COEXISTENCE OR COINCIDENCE?; Prevalence of epilepsy in autism and of autism in epilepsy; Gender aspects; Diagnostic/differential diagnostic aspects including electroencephalogram; types of seizures; Electrophysiology; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 7 GENETIC CORRELATES OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY:; Molecular biology of fragile X syndrome Comorbidities of fragile X syndrome; Intellectual disability; Psychosis and fragile X syndrome; Anxiety and fragile X syndrome; Autism and fragile X syndrome; The premutation and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 8 CHANNELOPATHIES; The primary episodic ataxias; Dravet syndrome and other SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies; REFERENCES; 9 INCREASED LONGEVITY AND THE COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED; Comorbidities associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities; Down syndrome; Project; REFERENCES10 COMORBIDITY: CLASSIFICATION ARTEFACT AND CLINICAL REALITY; Comorbidity as a question of definition; On classification and diagnosis; Comorbidity as clinical reality; Future directions; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Comorbidities are the co-occurrence of conditions more frequently than would be expected by chance: one may cause the other, share a common cause or be a sign of a single condition. Our growing understanding of the mechanisms underlying many comorbidities helps understand the natural history of these conditions and improve their management.