An Umbrella Disorder: Specific Learning Disorder
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Year 2020, Vol 27, Issue 3
Abstract
Specific learning disorder is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects significant number of school-age children and disrupts academic achievement and mental development. Its including three subtypes and disabilities in executive functions in addition to common symptoms induces quite heterogenous clinical appearances. In this review, the subtypes of specific learning disorder, the features of these subtypes, and accompanying executive function disabilities with etiology and pathogenesis, risk factors, diagnosis evaluation, clinical process, differential diagnoses, comorbidities and treatment are assessed with current literature.
Authors and Affiliations
Emel Sarı Gökten, Nagihan Saday Duman
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