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Health Gain through Screening--Mental Health: Developing Primary Health Care Services for People with an Intellectual Disability.
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Roy, A.; Martin, D. M.; Wells, M. B. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1997
A study investigated the mental health needs of 127 British adults with intellectual disability by using the Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with a Developmental Disability (PAS-ADD). Results showed that there was a good deal of unmet mental health need and there is difficulty in targeting services to those who need them. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods
Assessment of Depression in Adults with Severe or Profound Intellectual Disability.
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Evans, K. M.; Cotton, M. M.; Einfeld, S. L.; Florio, T. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1999
Nurses applied standard behavioral criteria for major depression to evaluate 89 institutionalized adults with severe or profound intellectual disability. Results suggested that several additional behaviors listed on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the Developmental Behavior Checklist may be associated with this disorder in this population.…
Descriptors: Adults, Check Lists, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification