Psychiatric Disorder in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Mentally Handicapped

Day, Kenneth

doi:10.1192/bjp.147.6.660

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“…This is considerably higher than the rate that would be expected amongst people in the Lund (1985) n = 67 Community n = 27 Day (1985) n = 357…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 47%

Psychiatry of Elderly Compared to Younger Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Cooper

1997

Research Intellect Disabil

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It is difficult to draw conclusions from previous literature regarding the rate of psychiatric disorders amongst elderly, compared to younger, adults with intellectual disabilities. This study investigates the prevalence of psychiatric disorders amongst adults with intellectual disabilities aged 65 years and over, living in Leicestershire, UK (n = 1341, compared to a random sample of adults with intellectual disabilities aged 20-64 years, living in the same area (n = 73). Both groups had high rates of current psychiatric morbidity, but rates were significantly higher in the elderly group: 61.9% compared to 43.8%. The elderly group had higher rates of dementia, generalised anxiety disorder and past history of depression, when compared to the younger group. The two groups had equal rates of behaviour disorders, schizophrenia and autism. Dementia occurs at a much higher rate amongst people with intellectual disabilities (21.6%) than it does amongst the general population. This finding is in keeping with previous studies, but has received little attention and warrants further investigation.

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“…This is considerably higher than the rate that would be expected amongst people in the Lund (1985) n = 67 Community n = 27 Day (1985) n = 357…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 47%

Psychiatry of Elderly Compared to Younger Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Cooper

1997

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“…Several studies have found no differences in the age distributions of groups with and without mental health problems, some have found a higher prevalence of mental health problems in older adults and some have found a reduced prevalence in older age groups (Day, 1985). Cooper (1997) found the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity to be 68.7% in a group aged over 64 years and 47.9% in a group aged 20-64 years.…”

Section: Total Prevalence and Agementioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of mental health problems in adults with learning disability: an update

Smiley¹

2005

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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Epidemiological studies measuring prevalence rates and factors associated with mental health problems in adults with learning disability have produced very different and sometimes contradictory results, mainly because of methodological problems. Consequently, much of the epidemiology of mental health problems in this population is still unknown, although improved methodology and additional information are emerging. This article describes the methodological difficulties of studies, the reported prevalence rates in the context of these difficulties and what is currently known about the factors associated with mental health problems in this population.

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“…The age profile of the study population (only 15% more than 40 years of age) is comparable with that found by Day (1985) in a survey of new admissions to a psychiatric unit for the mentally handicapped where 20% were aged 40 years and over. Corbett (1979) in his study of adults with mental handicap in the London borough of Camberwell, showed a tendency for psychiatric disorders to decrease with increasing age.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 51%

“…It is, therefore, likely that the rate of detention under the MHA will also decrease with age. Of the study population 81 % had mild or borderline mental handicap, compared with 74% of the new admission group studied by Day (1985). Mild mental handicap is about six times more common than severe mental handicap -the prevalence of mild mental handicap being about 2% of the population in most western countries and the prevalence of severe mental handicap about 0.35% (Craft, 1985).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%