What is the relationship between dysfunctional sensory integration and psychiatric diagnoses?
Dysfunctional sensory integration is not a psychiatric diagnosis. Rather, it is an explanatory concept that helps us understand a whole range of problematic behaviors. Sometimes sensory processing problems occur simultaneously with psychiatric disorders; other times, they occur alone. Increasingly, researchers are looking at the association between sensory processing difficulties and diagnoses such as developmental disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety disorders, and autistic spectrum disorders. In order to diagnose and treat these children more effectively, we need to better understand the relationship between these disorders and sensory processing problems.
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- How is sensory integration dysfunction related to different diagnoses such as ADHD, ADD, autism, LD, NVLD, etc.? Can a child benefit from sensory integration therapy if there is another diagnosis?
- What is the relationship between dysfunctional sensory integration and psychiatric diagnoses?
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