Comorbidities in Developmental Disorders: 187 (Clinics in Develo

Comorbidities in Developmental DisordersAuthor(s): Martin Bax, Christopher Gillberg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Mac Keith Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Mac Keith Press\nISBN-13: 9781907655005, 978-1907655005\nSynopsis\nClinics in Developmental Medicine No. 187\n\nIn the last decade the term comorbidity has gained popularity in the field of paediatric neurodisability, with the increasing recognition that many conditions are rarely present in isolation. Within this field, the term is often used to refer to the co-occurrence of conditions more frequently than would be expected by chance, which can include instances where one condition causes the other, where they share a common cause (for example, genetic), or where they are in fact manifestations of a single condition. Whether it is valid to use the term comorbidity in all these situations, and how precisely it should be used, is something that the contributors to this book grapple with in their own fields of interest.\n\n The con.