Comorbidities in Developmental Disorders

Martin Bax was one of the pioneers of community paediatrics and brought a scholarly approach to the subject. He has inspired many paediatricians and has developed an active and productive research group. Dr Bax was for many years senior editor of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology and was chairperson of the European Academy of Childhood Disability and President of the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes (SSBP). Christopher Gillberg is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg, and Chief Physician at the Child Neuropsychiatry Clinic at Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg. He is also Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University College London (Institute of Child Health), University of Glasgow and at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is the founding editor of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is or has been on the editorial boards of several journals. He has written or co-authored more than 450 peer-reviewed papers.

• FOREWORD Christopher Verity (Cambridge, UK) INTRODUCTION Martin Bax (London, UK) and Christopher Gillberg (Gothenburg, Sweden)1. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR COMBORBIDITIES Jeremy Turk (London, UK)2. HETEROGENEITY IN CEREBRAL PALSY: VARIATIONS IN NEUROLOGY, COMORBIDITY AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS J. Keith Brown (Edinburgh, UK), Paul Eunson (Edinburgh, UK) and Martin Bax (London, UK)3. GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME AND ITS COMMON COMORBIDITIES Michael Orth (Ulm, Germany) and Mary May Robertson (London, UK)4. COMORBIDITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS: THE CASE OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER Eric Taylor (London, UK)5. EARLY LANGUAGE DISORDER AS A FREQUENT COMORBIDITY IN MANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN Isabelle Rapin (Bronx, NY, USA)6. AUTISM AND EPILEPSY: COMORBIDITY, COEXISTENCE OR COINCIDENCE? Christopher Gillberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Brian Neville (London, UK)7. GENETIC CORRELATES OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY: FRAGILE X SYNDROME Sufen Chiu, David Hessl, Josh Day and Randi Hagerman (Sacramento, CA, USA)8. CHANNELOPATHIES Sameer Zuberi (Glasgow, UK)9. INCREASED LONGEVITY AND THE COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY Emma J. Glasson and Alan H. Bittles (Perth, Australia)10. COMORBIDITY: CLASSIFICATION ARTEFACT AND CLINICAL REALITY Rutger Jan van der Gaag (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

"In particular, they demonstrate how our increasing understanding of the mechanisms underlying the common association of many comorbidities is helping us to understand the natural history of these conditions and improve our management of them." (News Blaze, 15 March 2011) “The book Comorbidities in Developmental Disorders is a substantial and timely contribution to the discussion of the widely recognized, but underexplored area of coexisting conditions in childhood neurodisability.” (International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011)“This book is very useful for physicians who care for children with developmental disorders. It offers a clear explanation of the disorders as well as an understanding of the many associated co-morbidities.” (Doody's, 2011)“The book certainly has its practical value to the child neurologist in discussion of comorbidity in disorders more commonly seen. Its greater value may be provoking thought about the subtle but important complexities in the disorder less commonly appreciated.” (Journal of Child Neurology, 2011)“When you face a child who manifests seemingly multiple disabilities, which is the rule rather than the exception, this book will be an invaluable tool for your knowledge, reflection, and action." (International Journal of Disability, Community and Rehabilitation, 2011)“The book should be useful to learners in all stages of training, but particularly for those pursuing a career in developmental disabilities.” (Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2011)