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Emotional Disturbance

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Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development

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Behavior disorders; Emotional disorders; Mental illness/disorder; Psychiatric illness

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The term emotional disturbance encompasses diagnosable mental disorders of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

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Section 300.7c(4) of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA, 1997) (The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.) defines Emotional Disturbanceas “… a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance: (a) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; (b) an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal...

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, P.O. Box 24005, Nicosia, 1700, Cyprus

    Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous & Nikos Georgiou

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  1. Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous
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  1. Neurology, Learning and Behavior Center, 230 South 500 East, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84102, USA

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  2. Department of Psychology MS 2C6, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Jack A. Naglieri Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology) (Professor of Psychology)

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Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Georgiou, N. (2011). Emotional Disturbance. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_988

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