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Article: Parents of CP kids see more behavioral/ emotional woes.(Behavioral Pediatrics)(cerebral palsy)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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BOSTON -- Children with cerebral palsy have a higher incidence of behavioral and emotional difficulties than their typically developing peers, results of a recent study suggest.
These difficulties have a potentially deleterious effect on quality of life, Nicholas Hall of Montreal Children's Hospital reported in a poster at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
A total of 74 parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) participated in the study and completed the 25-item Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), which addresses prosocial behavior and psychopathology of 3- to 16-year-olds. The ...