Beitchman J H, Hood J, Rochon J, Peterson M
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1989 Jan;28(1):118-23. doi: 10.1097/00004583-198901000-00022.
Behavioral symptomatology in 188 children, 5 years of age, classified according to four different speech/language profiles, is described. Information was collected from the teacher, parent, child self-report, and psychiatric interview. The results indicated that risk for psychiatric disorder, particularly ADHD, is greatest among children with general linguistic impairment. Specific deficits such as poor auditory comprehension or articulation problems were not consistently associated with behavioral disturbance. It is postulated that neurodevelopmental immaturity may be the common underlying antecedent of both linguistic impairment and psychiatric disorder.
本文描述了188名5岁儿童的行为症状学，这些儿童根据四种不同的言语/语言特征进行了分类。信息收集自教师、家长、儿童自我报告以及精神科访谈。结果表明，精神障碍风险，尤其是注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD），在患有一般性语言障碍的儿童中最高。诸如听觉理解能力差或发音问题等特定缺陷与行为障碍之间并没有始终如一的关联。据推测，神经发育不成熟可能是语言障碍和精神障碍共同的潜在先决条件。
