Emotional–Behavioral Disorders in Healthy Siblings of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 56; no. 10; p. 491
• Main Authors: Caliendo, Mariarosaria, Lanzara, Valentina, Vetri, Luigi, Roccella, Michele, Marotta, Rosa, Carotenuto, Marco, Russo, Daniela, Cerroni, Francesco, Precenzano, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 23.09.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Autism Spectrum Disorder; autism spectrum disorders; Child; Down’s syndrome; emotional disorder; fraternal relationship; Humans; Male; Neurodevelopmental Disorders - epidemiology; SDQ; Sibling Relations; Siblings; SDQ; siblings; behavioral disorders; emotional disorder; Down’s syndrome; autism spectrum disorders; fraternal relationship

Background and Objectives: Siblings of disabled children are more at risk of developing mental illnesses. More than 50 international studies show that about 8% of children and adolescents suffer from a mental disorder, which is almost always a source of difficulties both at the interpersonal level (...