Characteristics of People with Intellectual Disabilities in a Secure U.S. Forensic Hospital

Autor/inn/en	Stinson, Jill Diane; Robbins, Sharon Bradford
Titel	Characteristics of People with Intellectual Disabilities in a Secure U.S. Forensic Hospital
Quelle	In: Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 7 (2014) 4, S.337-358 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-5864
DOI	10.1080/19315864.2014.930549
Schlagwörter	Institutionalized Persons; Criminals; Mild Mental Retardation; Placement; Law Enforcement; Biographies; Psychiatric Hospitals; Child Abuse; Mental Disorders; Intimacy; Violence; Unskilled Workers; Adjustment (to Environment); Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Brain; Injuries; Neurological Impairments; Individual Characteristics; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Straftäter; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Gesetzesvollzug; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Intimität; Gewalt; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Alkoholembryopathie; Gehirn; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Prior research examining persons with intellectual disabilities who have committed criminal offenses has focused primarily on correctional populations, or those who reside in secure forensic settings in the United Kingdom and Australia. This study describes 235 persons with intellectual, developmental, and cognitive disabilities who reside in a secure forensic psychiatric hospital in the Midwestern United States. Participants were further divided into groups of persons with pervasive developmental disorders (n = 35), fetal alcohol syndrome (n = 18), traumatic brain injuries (n = 52), or IQ scores falling within the range of moderate (n = 20) or mild (n = 55) mental retardation or borderline intellectual functioning (n = 55). These participants presented with significant histories of childhood maltreatment and adversity, serious psychiatric impairment, criminal histories marked by multiple arrests and serious violent behavior, and frequent histories of institutionalization and out-of-home placement. Their adaptive functioning within the community was characterized by limited histories of normative intimate relationships; sporadic, unskilled employment; and difficulties with maintaining residential and psychiatric stability. Important commonalities and future research needs are discussed. Important differences and similarities between groups are discussed and compared with other available literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10