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Immune Responses to "Helicobacter pylori" Infection in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Douraghi, Masoumeh; Goudarzi, Hossein; Rostami, Mahmoud Nateghi; Nikmanesh, Bahram – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Infection with "Helicobacter pylori" was assessed through serum "H. pylori" IgG antibody in children with intellectual disabilities (ID). The sero-status of cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) was determined as a risk determinant for severe "H. pylori"-associated diseases. In total, 210 children with ID were included…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Diseases, Foreign Countries, Residential Care
Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability: Does Epilepsy Increase the Likelihood of Co-Morbid Psychopathology?
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Arshad, Saadia; Winterhalder, Robert; Underwood, Lisa; Kelesidi, Katerina; Chaplin, Eddie; Kravariti, Eugenia; Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios; Bouras, Nick; McCarthy, Jane; Tsakanikos, Elias – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Although epilepsy is particularly common among people with intellectual disability (ID) it remains unclear whether it is associated with an increased likelihood of co-morbid psychopathology. We therefore investigated rates of mental health problems and other clinical characteristics in patients with ID and epilepsy (N=156) as compared to patients…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Mental Retardation, Schizophrenia, Mental Health
Residential Treatment Following Outpatient Treatment for Children with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disabilities: A Study of Child and Family Characteristics
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
In this study, the question was explored whether children with a mild intellectual disability (MID) who were placed in residential treatment following outpatient treatment differ significantly on child and family characteristics from children with MID and not placed in residential treatment following outpatient treatment. The records of the…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Family Characteristics, Outcomes of Treatment, Residential Care
Substance Abuse, Coping Strategies, Adaptive Skills and Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Clients with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability Admitted to a Treatment Facility: A Pilot Study
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Didden, Robert; Embregts, Petri; van der Toorn, Mirjam; Laarhoven, Nina – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Many clients with mild to borderline intellectual disability (ID) who are admitted to a treatment facility show serious problems in alcohol and/or drugs use. In the present case file study, we explored differences in coping strategies, adaptive skills and emotional and behavioral problems between clients who showed substance abuse and clients who…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse, Mental Retardation
Health Status and ADL Functioning of Older Persons with Intellectual Disability: Community Residence versus Residential Care Centers
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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Merrick, Joav; Morad, Mohammed – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The objective of the study was to study differences in aging phenomena among adults with intellectual disability (ID), who live in community residence versus their peers in residential care centers and to determine the contribution of health status, age, gender, etiology and level of ID to the decline in ADL function with age. Our study was based…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Down Syndrome