Diagnosing children's problems

Diagnosing children's problems DIAGNOSING CHILDREN’S PROBLEMS WILLIAM G. HERRON AND JUSTIN PSAILA St. John’s Universiby West Bergen Mental Health Center Until the twentieth century, the description and classification of childhood disorders was essentially nonexistent. Probably as a result of its obvious character, mental retardation was an exception. Other psychological disturbances of children were sometimes mentioned as downward extensions of adult disorders, but Kraepe- lin, the cl