Slow processing speed: a cross-disorder phenomenon with significant clinical value, and in need of further methodological scrutiny

Nanda Rommelse^{1

2}, Marjolein Luman^{3

4}, Rogier Kievit^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Nanda.Lambregts-Rommelse@radboudumc.nl.
² Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Nanda.Lambregts-Rommelse@radboudumc.nl.
³ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Levvel Specialists in Youth and Family Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Nanda Rommelse et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;29(10):1325-1327.

doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01639-9.

Nanda Rommelse^{1

2}, Marjolein Luman^{3

4}, Rogier Kievit^{5

6}

¹ Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Nanda.Lambregts-Rommelse@radboudumc.nl.
² Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Nanda.Lambregts-Rommelse@radboudumc.nl.
³ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Levvel Specialists in Youth and Family Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Characteristics of child psychiatric outpatients with slow processing speed and potential mechanisms of academic impact.
Braaten EB, Ward AK, Forchelli G, Vuijk PJ, Cook NE, McGuinness P, Lee BA, Samkavitz A, Lind H, O'Keefe SM, Doyle AE. Braaten EB, et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;29(10):1453-1464. doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01455-w. Epub 2020 Jan 24. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020. PMID: 31980930 Free PMC article.

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