The association between severity of intellectual disability and psychiatric symptomatology

Holden, Børge; Gitlesen, Jens Petter

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2004.00624.x

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“…6e11 The prevalence of increased anxiety symptoms in older people with mild to profound ID is comparable to that in older people with normal intelligence (16% versus 15%), 3,6 but adults with mild or moderate ID report more anxiety symptoms than adults with more severe ID. 12,13 Consequently, older people with mild or moderate ID may also report more anxiety symptoms than older people with normal intelligence. This is especially true because conditions related to anxiety in older adults with normal intelligence (e.g., chronic health problems, depression) 3,14,15 are more prevalent in older adults with ID.…”

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Comparison of Anxiety as Reported by Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and by Older People with Normal Intelligence

Hermans¹,

Beekman²,

Evenhuis³

2014

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Comparison of Anxiety as Reported by Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and by Older People with Normal Intelligence

Hermans¹,

Beekman²,

Evenhuis³

2014

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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“…However, it was not until 1980, when the concept of ''dual diagnosis'' was introduced (5), that it was accepted that maladaptive behaviours in individuals with ID may be explained by coexisting disorders. Historically, emotional and behavioural problems in subjects with ID were thought to be related to institutionalization or characteristic of the ID (5,6).…”

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Risk of mental disorders in subjects with intellectual disability in the Lundby cohort 1947–97

Nettelbladt

Göth

Bogren

et al. 2009

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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The Lundby Study is a prospective cohort study, which has followed a Swedish unselected community sample between 1 July 1947 and 1 July 1997. The aim was to study the risks of mental morbidity and different DSM-IV disorders in subjects with intellectual disability (ID) in the Lundby cohort between 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1997. The diagnosis of ID was re-evaluated according to DSM-IV in subjects who had been considered to have ID between 1947 and 1997. Multiple sources of information were used to obtain best estimate consensus diagnoses of mental disorders. The relative risk of mental disorder was 1.34 in subjects with ID as compared with the reference group. Dual diagnosis was more prevalent in mild ID than in moderate ID. No subject with severe ID was diagnosed with mental disorder. The cumulative incidence of any mental disorder in subjects with ID was 44%. The most common DSM-IV diagnoses were: Mood Disorders (11.5%), Anxiety Disorders (11.5%), Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders (8%), Mental Disorder NOS Due to a General Medical Condition (8%), Dementia (3.8%) and Alcohol Abuse (1.9%). Mental disorders were more common in subjects with ID than in the reference group.

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“…Thus, although an increase in prevalence of psychiatric disabilities with increased severity of intellectual impairment has been reported (Cooper, Smiley, Morrison, Williamson, & Allan, 2007;Whitaker & Read, 2006), others have found the opposite pattern (Crews, Bonaventura, & Rowe, 1994;Holden & Gitlesen, 2004;Iverson & Fox, 1989;La Malfa, Notarelli, Hardoy, Bertelli, & Cabras, 1997;Slone, Durrheim, Kaminer, & Lachman, 1999); and yet other researchers have reported no increased risk of psychiatric disability associated with degree of intellectual impairment (Stromme & Diseth, 2000). Recently, researchers have looked to psychiatric disorders as a possible explanation for challenging behaviors associated with intellectual disabilities, finding that the relationship is by no means straightforward (Holden & Gitlesen, 2004).…”

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Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Harries

Guscia

Nettelbeck

et al. 2009

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Numerous researchers have reported a high incidence of additional disabilities coexisting with intellectual disabilities. Although an intuitive link can be made between the existence of multiple disabilities and greater need for support, little has been reported about this relationship. Using measures of adaptive functioning and support needs, we examined the extent to which adaptive and challenging behaviors and consequent support needs (including medical) were impacted by the presence and severity of additional disabilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Results show that adaptive behaviors and support needs were meaningfully related to the number and severity of additional disabilities present, whereas this was not so for challenging behaviors. Findings are discussed in terms of contemporary models of disability and functioning.

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The association between severity of intellectual disability and psychiatric symptomatology

Cited by 60 publications

References 10 publications

Comparison of Anxiety as Reported by Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and by Older People with Normal Intelligence

Comparison of Anxiety as Reported by Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and by Older People with Normal Intelligence

Risk of mental disorders in subjects with intellectual disability in the Lundby cohort 1947–97

Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

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