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Executive dysfunction has common pathways in psychopathology in youth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30111
Subject(s) - executive dysfunction , comorbidity , executive functions , psychopathology , psychology , psychiatry , cognition , clinical psychology , medicine , neuropsychology
Many children with psychiatric disorders also have deficits in executive function. However, it's not clear how specific executive dysfunction is to these disorders; there is also extensive comorbidity. So researchers used brain imaging during a task to find out what types of symptoms are associated with executive dysfunction.