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Depression among students with learning disabilities: assessing the risk.

John W Maag1, Robert Reid

  • 1University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68583-0732, USA.

Journal of Learning Disabilities
|March 4, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Students with learning disabilities (LD) show higher depression scores. This study analyzed if LD students have clinically higher depression rates, impacting special education and mental health services.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Education
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Students with learning disabilities (LD) exhibit higher scores on depression measures compared to peers without LD.
  • A critical gap exists in understanding if these higher scores translate to clinically significant depression in students with LD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To meta-analyze existing literature to quantify depression differences between students with and without LD.
  • To determine if special education services need to address clinical depression in students with LD.

Main Methods:

  • A meta-analysis of data-based literature was conducted.
  • Mean differences in depression measure scores and clinical depression levels were quantified.

Main Results:

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  • Students with LD consistently scored higher on depression measures.
  • The meta-analysis aimed to clarify if these differences represent clinical depression.

Conclusions:

  • Findings will inform whether current mental health systems adequately address depression in children and adolescents with LD.
  • Special education services may need to integrate mental health support if clinical depression is confirmed.