Screening for Psychiatric Disorders in a Total Population of Adults with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour Using the PAS-ADD Checklist

Autor/inn/en	Allen, David; Lowe, Kathy; Matthews, Helen; Anness, Val
Titel	Screening for Psychiatric Disorders in a Total Population of Adults with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour Using the PAS-ADD Checklist
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25 (2012) 4, S.342-349 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00670.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Disorders; Adults; Mental Retardation; Behavior Problems; Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Geistige Behinderung; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Background: Previous research has suggested a variety of possible relationships between the presence of symptoms of psychiatric disorder and challenging behaviours in people with intellectual disability. This study explores this relationship in a total population sample of adults with challenging behaviour. Materials and Methods: Over 800 service settings in a defined geographical area were screened to identify individuals with challenging behaviour. Detailed behavioural data, Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with a Developmental Disability (PAS-ADD) checklist and Adaptive Behaviour Scale (Part 1) scores were collected on 76% of the 930 adults identified. Results: Just under 17% of participants reached threshold scores on one on more subscales of the PAS-ADD checklist. There was some evidence of increasing behavioural severity being associated with increasing psychiatric symptoms. There were no associations between specific forms of challenging behaviour and individual symptoms. Conclusions: The data would appear supportive of previous suggestions that it is unlikely that the majority of challenging behaviours in adults with intellectual disability are underpinned by psychiatric disorder. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10