DSA e comorbidità con i disturbi internalizzanti

Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) concern the significant difficulties in the acquisition of the control of the written code (reading, writing, computing) that interferes with the adaptive functioning in the presence of normal intelligence quotient, adequate learning opportunities in the absence of neuromotor disorders or sensory and pre-existing psychopathological disorders. They are divided into Dyslexia, Dysorthography, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia. The study that we conducted aims to verify the significance of comorbidities in learning disorders with anxiety disorders and depression in children and adolescents between eight and thirteen. As reported in the literature, anxiety disorders and depression affect about 10-20% of children and adolescents and above all have a major impact on their education and in their social life. The sample used for this study was selected by Asl TO3 of Pinerolo. Following administration of the WISC-III (rating scale dl Q: I), as well as the SAFA-A and SAFA-D. This test investigates the possible presence or risk of developing comorbidities between DSA and anxiety disorders and depression and it is divided by age group: the first group 8-10 years; the second group 11-13 years; the third group 14-18 years. This type of test is self-administered. From the data obtained it can be deducted that females are more likely to develop comorbidities with anxiety disorders between the ages of 8 and 10 years while males between the ages of 11 and 13 years. Instead comorbidities associated with depression are more likely to be developed by females rather than males. Keywords: comordibidity, disorders, anxiety, depression