Shaywitz S E
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The Yale Neuropsychoeducational Assessment Scales (YNPEAS) represent a newly developed tool designed to test the hypothesis that homogeneous subgroups of children with the more subtle neuropsychiatric disorders may be discerned and classified through shared historical, behavioral, familial, anatomic, neuromaturational, and biochemical characteristics. Consisting of a series of parent, physician, and school-related integrated assessment scales, the YNPEAS provide for the creation of a broad, multidimensional data base for each child. A major innovation of the YNPEAS is the provision of a mechanism for the orderly processing of the mass of clinical information into operational statements compatible with DSM-III constructs. This article presents the development of each of the component parts of the YNPEAS while also providing the historical perspective necessary to better comprehend the role of each of the scales. This instrument should be useful to both researcher and clinician as a tool with which to follow the natural history of a phenomenon; relate clinical dimensions across different diagnostic subgroups; and elucidate the genetic, social, and physiological interrelationships in the emergence or continuation of a disorder.
耶鲁神经心理教育评估量表（YNPEAS）是一种新开发的工具，旨在验证这样一个假设：患有较为隐匿的神经精神障碍的儿童的同质子群可以通过共同的病史、行为、家族、解剖、神经成熟和生化特征来识别和分类。YNPEAS由一系列家长、医生和学校相关的综合评估量表组成，可为每个儿童创建一个广泛的多维数据库。YNPEAS的一项重大创新是提供了一种机制，可将大量临床信息有序处理为与《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版（DSM-III）结构相符的操作性陈述。本文介绍了YNPEAS各组成部分的开发过程，同时还提供了必要的历史背景，以便更好地理解每个量表的作用。作为一种用于追踪现象自然史、关联不同诊断亚组的临床维度以及阐明疾病发生或持续过程中的遗传、社会和生理相互关系的工具，该量表对研究人员和临床医生都应有所帮助。
