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PubMed2003

Beyond the disability: recognizing mental health issues among persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Current societal changes mean increased possibilities for individuals with I/DD to participate in work, family, and community life. However, as individuals with I/DD have at least the same prevalence of mental health disorders as the general population and possibly an increased susceptibility to some mental health disorders, their ability to participate in work, housing, and social opportunities is hampered. It is important to improve nursing education about the specific issues of mental health care of individuals with I/DD. An important area for nursing research and education are improved clinical and practice guidelines. Research on medications and other therapies in mental health care of individuals with I/DD is limited and has methodological limitations. Nursing education and training are holistic, and nursing has the potential of positive impact on practice, education, and research that will improve the mental health care of individuals with I/DD.

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PubMed2006

Comparison of reports by relatives and staff on living conditions of adults with intellectual disabilities.

Proxies typically serve as information providers in studies of persons with intellectual disabilities. However, little is known about the concordance between different proxy categories and how proxy characteristics influence the information provided. We compared 89 pairs of relative and staff reports on the living conditions of persons with intellectual disabilities, using percentage agreement and Cohen's kappa statistics. Results demonstrate differences between relative and staff reports for most of the domains investigated, with moderate agreement for objective items and fair agreement for subjective items. Relative and staff proxies contributed different information related to diverse viewpoints and varying types of information. Thus, we suggest that information provided by proxies should not be treated as being interchangeable but, rather, as complementary.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2002

Getting personal: an exploratory study of intimate and personal care provision for people with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities.

Intimate and personal care is a major area of support and provision for people with intellectual disability (ID), particularly those with profound and multiple ID. However, its management and practice has largely been neglected outside the use of individual guidelines and same-gender intimate care policies, with little research evidence or theoretical literature to inform the planning, conduct and organization of associated care tasks. The present paper reports on the methodology and findings of an exploratory study designed to map the key management and practice issues, and suggest ways forward for the providers of services for people with ID in relation to the quality and outcomes of intimate and personal care.

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PubMed2002

Dual diagnosis in offenders with intellectual disability: setting research priorities: a review of research findings concerning psychiatric disorder (excluding personality disorder) among offenders with intellectual disability.

Studies of so-called 'dual diagnosis', i.e. intellectual disability (ID) with an additional psychiatric disorder, are reviewed with particular reference to offending behaviour. Because of the paucity of studies of psychopathology in offenders with ID, the present paper opens with studies of broader issues of psychopathology among people with ID, notably those with depression, schizophrenia, mild depressive disorder, other major psychotic disorders, anxiety/neurotic disorder, autistic spectrum disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There follows a review of the most established and commonly used measurement scales for dual diagnosis in ID. The review then focuses directly on those studies which have looked at the issues of dual diagnosis among offenders with ID. In keeping with other reviews in this series, the latter studies are classified according to the same criteria. Based on this review, it is apparent that there are high-priority research questions which concern the extent and nature of psychopathology among offenders with ID, most notably those with autistic spectrum disorders.

Comorbidity↗
PubMed1995

Employment, retirement and elderly persons with an intellectual disability.

A national Australian study of people with an intellectual disability of 55 years of age and over investigated their employment and retirement patterns, attitudes to work and retirement, and the degree to which they were involved in leisure or recreational programmes. Two cohorts were recruited: one included all known members of the target group who agreed to participate in the study in the states of Queensland and Western Australia; and the second was a proportional, random sample drawn from a national database on a state population basis. A large number of the participants had never been involved in full- or part-time employment, either in a competitive or supported environment, or in workshops. The majority of those who had worked expressed strong positive attitudes toward employment and concern about retirement, suggesting the need for pre-retirement programmes including transition and choice-making skills to prepare participants for the future.

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