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• TITLE: Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Japanese Children’s Homes

  AUTHORS: Eiji Ozawa, Kayo Takahashi, Susumu Harizuka

  KEYWORDS: Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Residential Care, Children’s Home, Out-of-Home Care, Child Maltreatment

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.9 No.5, May 10, 2018

  ABSTRACT: This study examined the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders among children receiving residential care in Japanese children’s homes (CHs). The data on 7854 children aged 18 years or younger were collected using a questionnaire for psychotherapists worked at 174 CHs in all regions of Japan. That included items of diagnostic state and experience of maltreatment. The prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders was 24% in CHs. The most common type in CHs was intellectual disabilities (11.9%), and the next most was autism spectrum disorder (6.1%). Logistic regression models revealed the children with experience of maltreatment had high risk of autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and specific learning disorder. These findings implied differential pattern from previous studies of Western countries.