Mental Health in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Does Screening Capture the Complexity?

Table 3

Coexisting mental health symptoms in children with cerebral palsy meeting criteria for a psychiatric disorder according to DSM-IV criteria assessed by Kiddie-SADS.

	Children scoring above 90th percentile cutoff on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
	Emotional problems	Conduct problems	Hyperactivity problems	Peer problems	TDS^a	Impact score
Psychiatric disorder
Emotional (𝑁=5)	5/5	3/5	1/5	5/5	5/5	3/5
Conduct/ODD^b (𝑁=4)	2/4	2/4	2/4	4/4	4/4	4/4
ADHD/ADD^c (𝑁=24)	9/24	10/24	3/24	23/24	19/24	19/24
Any psych^d (𝑁=27)	12/27	12/26	4/27	26/26	22/26	20/27

^aTDS: Total Difficulties Score; ^bODD: oppositional/defiant disorder; ^cADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ADD: attention deficit disorder; ^dAny psych: any psychiatric disorder.