Psychiatry of elderly compared to younger adults with intellectual disabilities
By: Cooper, Sally-Ann.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 10 (4) 1997: 303-311. 1997Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS
| ALZHEIMER DISEASE AND DEMENTIA | COMPARATIVE STUDIES | DUAL DIAGNOSIS | OLDER PEOPLESummary: Comparison of the rate of psychiatric disorders amongst the elderly with younger adults with intellectual disabilities. The elderly group had higher rates of dementia, generalised anxiety disorder and past history of depression, when compared to the younger group. The two groups had equal rates of behaviour disorders, schizophrenia and autism. Dementia occurs at a much higher rate amongst people with intellectual disabilities than it does amongst the general population.
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Comparison of the rate of psychiatric disorders amongst the elderly with younger adults with intellectual disabilities. The elderly group had higher rates of dementia, generalised anxiety disorder and past history of depression, when compared to the younger group. The two groups had equal rates of behaviour disorders, schizophrenia and autism. Dementia occurs at a much higher rate amongst people with intellectual disabilities than it does amongst the general population.
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