Mental health in adults with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities: The role of recent life events and traumatic experiences across the life span

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-186

  Martorell, Almudena ^a,b   Tsakanikos, Elias ^c   Pereda, Amada ^b   Gutiérrez Recacha, Pedro ^b   Bouras, Nick ^c   Ayuso Mateos, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Fundaci&oavcute n Carmen Pardo Valcarce   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Life events; Psychiatric disorders; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTELLIGENCE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SHELTERED WORKSHOP; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SHELTERED WORKSHOPS; SPAIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149139677     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181923c8c     Document Type: Article

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