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DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR:

Learning Disorders


When individuals demonstrate abilities below the level that would be expected given their age and grade level in school based upon an arbitrary gap, they may be diagnosed with this mental disorder which should be further specified according to the particular academic function affected: Mathematics Disorder | Reading Disorder | Disorder of Written Expression.

Also: learning disability, learning disabled

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994

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