A comparison of assessment methods for depression in mental retardation

Abstract

Investigated the association between various depression assessment methods in 38 adults with mild or moderate mental retardation, half of whom had relatively high and the other half had relatively low depression screening scores. Measures included a standard psychiatric interview (Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents), an informant rating scale (Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior), and a self-report measure (Self-Report Depression Questionnaire). Association between measures was generally low, yielding discordant classification results. Potential reasons for these discrepancies were offered, and implications for clinical and research assessment of mood disorders in mental retardation were discussed.

Dysthymic disorder in adolescents with intellectual disability

“…The Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia (SADS; Endicott & Spitzer 1978) was used without modification to diagnose schizophrenic patients with IQs between 50 and 70 (Meadows et al 1991). The Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA; Herjanic & Campbell 1977) was used to assess depression in adults with ID (Rojahn et al 1994). According to Puig-Antich et al (1983), the Kiddie-SADS (K-SADS) interview can be used in children with mild ID without severe language impairment.…”

Concordance of the Mini‐Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults who have Developmental Disabilities (PASADD) and the Brief Symptom Inventory

“…Two studies comparing informant and self-report assessments of depression report contradictory results. Rojahn & Warren (1994) found no meaningful agreement between a standard psychiatric interview, an informant rating scale and a self-report rating scale. However, Gordon et al (2007) found high correlations between the self-ratings of adults with ID with ratings by their key workers on the Zung Depression Inventory.…”

“…Two studies comparing informant and self‐report assessments of depression report contradictory results. Rojahn & Warren () found no meaningful agreement between a standard psychiatric interview, an informant rating scale and a self‐report rating scale. However, Gordon et al .…”

Psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version of the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior

“…Walsh & Shenouda (1999) showed that the ABC and the Adaptive Behaviour Subscale (Nihira et al 1993) predicted the RSMB total score well in a clinical sample. Rojahn & Warren (1994) found adequate test‐retest reliability, but the agreement between the two depression subscales of the RSMB, and a psychiatric interview and a self‐report measure yielded low levels of convergent validity.…”