Children’s Learning Difficulties — Multidisciplinary Approach: Comments on The Opening of Specialized Clinical Units in Some China Hospitals

Abstract

Background: learning difficulties themselves are not a type of mental disorder, but one of the main symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders. With the deepening of research on learning difficulties, some high-level and large-scale children’s hospitals in China have opened clinical departments for learning difficulties since the 2020s. The aim of review article is to consider clinical features of mental disorders in children with learning difficulties and to analyze options of treatment and correctional interventions in the conditions of such units. Discussion: this practice is an innovation in diagnosis and treatment, and it also constructively considers the related disorders of learning difficulties, which can better screen, diagnose and treat children with learning difficulties, but there are still many problems that need to be explored and clarified. This article analyzes the practical significance of the opening of clinical departments for learning difficulties and the diagnosis, comorbidity and distinction of related disorders of learning difficulties, and discusses its advantages and disadvantages at this stage. Conclusion: experience of organization specialized units for children with academic difficulties due to neurodevelopmental disorders or other mental reasons needs to comprehensive study, first of all, to research the effectiveness of this new form of psychological and psychiatric assistance to children.