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The Frequency of Emotional and Behavioural Disturbance in an EBD School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

Maurice Place ,
Jo Wilson ,
Elaine Martin  and
Jessica Hulsmeier
Maurice Place
Affiliation:
University of Northumbria at Newcastle Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP
Jo Wilson
Affiliation:
Maplewood School, Sunderland
Elaine Martin
Affiliation:
City Hospitals, Sunderland
Jessica Hulsmeier
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Work & Health, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
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Abstract

The education of children with behavioural difficulties is under scrutiny from various quarters. The provision of specialised school environments is being questioned, at the same time as there is pressure to minimise the exclusion of disruptive pupils. This study looked at the rate of psychiatric disorder that was prevalent in a school for emotionally and behaviourally disordered (EBD) pupils, and found, using DSM III-R criteria, that 24% of the sample had depression, 11% had overanxiousness, and 70% had a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD). Educational attainment assessment showed that 75% had a reading age that was at least 2 years below their chronological age. These results suggest that such settings are dealing with a very disturbed group of youngsters.

Keywords

Special schoolpsychiatric disorderattention deficit disorder
Type
Original Article
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Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 2000 , pp. 76 - 80
Copyright
© 2000 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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