In: The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry 2000; 2:1812-1819
Cite as:
pp.1812-1819 Ch.9.2.11 'Speech and Language disorder in Childhood and Pyschological Mutism' by I Kolvin from "Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Vol.2", The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry - Volume 2 (© Oxford University Press, 2000)
Abstract:
A common question asked of clinicians in general practice, child health, and child psychiatry concerns the long-term consequences of delayed speech and language development in the early years of life. A previously held view was that most young children with speech and language problems would eventually develop normally.