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DNA Meets DSM: The Growing Importance of Genetic Syndromes in Dual Diagnosis.
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Dykens, Elisabeth M. – Mental Retardation, 1996
This article notes a current de-emphasis on genetic syndromes in published articles concerning mental retardation despite major deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) advances in determining mental retardation causes. The article calls for incorporation of these genetic advances into behavioral research of mental retardation, especially as reflected in the…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Genetics, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation
Reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist for the Assessment of Behavioral Problems of Children and Youth with Mild Mental Retardation.
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This study evaluated the reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist with 42 children and youth with mild mental retardation. Use of kappa coefficients and intra-class correlations at item and syndrome levels indicated that the Child Behavior Checklist may not always represent a reliable checklist for the assessment of psychopathology in this…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Mild Mental Retardation
DSM-III Diagnoses Compared with Factor Structure of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA), in an Institutionalized, Mostly Severely Retarded Population.
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Linaker, Olav – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
The Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults was used to diagnose 163 mentally retarded institutionalized adults according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III axis 1 categories. Nine factors were extracted which contained 49.3 percent of the data variance and categorized correctly 69.3 percent of the cases. Factors included…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Measures (Individuals)
Exploration of Psychometric Properties of the Developmental Behavior Checklist.
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Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony; Mount, Rebecca H.; Cormack, K. F. Magnus – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study performed a factor analysis of the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC) with 531 children and adolescents with mental retardation. The DBC is intended to assess psychopathology in youth with mental retardation. Findings indicated substantial overlap with the factor analyses of the scale's developers and high levels of internal…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Factor Analysis
Developmental Differences in the Symptomatology of Psychiatric Inpatients with and without Mild Mental Retardation.
Glick, Marion; Zigler, Edward – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
The symptomatology of 93 psychiatric inpatients with mild mental retardation was compared with that of a matched sample of inpatients without mental retardation. Patients with retardation displayed more outwardly directed and less inwardly directed symptoms; more symptoms involving action than thought; and psychotic symptom pictures which more…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Mental Disorders, Mild Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
A Criterion Validity Study of the Schizophrenia Subscale of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA).
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Swiezy, Naomi B.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
The validity of the schizophrenia subscale of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA) was evaluated with 65 adults having mild to moderate mental retardation as well as either schizophrenia, depression, or no psychopathology. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted, as were interrater reliability analyses.…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification
Validity of the Schizophrenia Diagnosis of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA): A Comparison of Schizophrenic Patients with and without Mental Retardation.
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Linaker, Olav M.; Helle, Jon – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This study found that the schizophrenia subscale of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults was a valid quantitative measure of schizophrenia if one item was removed from the scale. Comparison with a nonretarded population indicated that mentally retarded patients had less delusions and more incoherence and flat affect. They…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Diagnostic Tests, Drug Use
Reliability of the Assessment of Dual Diagnosis (ADD).
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Matson, Johnny L.; Bamburg, Jay W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
The initial psychometric properties of the Assessment for Dual Diagnosis (ADD), a new scale designed to screen for psychopathology in individuals with mild and moderate mental retardation, was examined. The ADD was found to have high stability across raters, high stability over time, and good internal consistency. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Mild Mental Retardation