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To evaluate conceptual and methodological challenges in child psychiatric comorbidity and outline research strategies to distinguish true co-occurrence from diagnostic artifacts.

November 1, 1991Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryOpen Access

Comorbidity in Child Psychopathology: Concepts, Issues and Research Strategies

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CCChantal CaronHôpital du Saint-Sacrement MRMichael RutterKarlsruhe Institute of Technology

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Methodological review analyzes elevated psychiatric comorbidity in young populations, highlighting how nosological artifacts and shared risk factors influence diagnostic classification.

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To evaluate conceptual and methodological challenges in child psychiatric comorbidity and outline research strategies to distinguish true co-occurrence from diagnostic artifacts.
Reviewed epidemiological and clinical findings on the co-occurrence of childhood psychiatric disorders.
Evaluated classification frameworks (DSM-III-R and ICD-9) for diagnostic overlap, categorical subdivisions, and screening artifacts.
Epidemiological data reveal that concurrent child psychiatric conditions occur significantly above chance levels, an issue inadequately addressed by existing diagnostic systems.
Apparent comorbidity frequently arises from methodological artifacts, including referral bias, surveillance bias, categorical versus dimensional modeling, and overlapping diagnostic criteria.
True comorbidity reflects shared underlying risk factors, distinct composite syndromes, or causal pathways where one primary disorder heightens vulnerability to a second condition.

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Caron et al. (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dcc4251e43378fbd1332e1 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb00350.x

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Methodological review analyzes elevated psychiatric comorbidity in young populations, highlighting how nosological artifacts and shared risk factors influence diagnostic classification.

Comorbidity in Child Psychopathology: Concepts, Issues and Research Strategies

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Comorbidity in Child Psychopathology: Concepts, Issues and Research Strategies

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