Psychiatric inpatient admissions of adults with intellectual disabilities : predictive factors
By: Cowley, Amy.
Series: American Journal on Mental Retardation 110 (3) 2005: 216-225.Publisher: 2005Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
| PATIENTS | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | SYMPTOMSSummary: Notes information on admission to psychiatric inpatient units is lacking from the literature on contemporary services for people with intellectual disability and mental health needs. Reports on predictors of admission for a cohort of 752 adults from this population living in community settings; 83 were admitted. Reports on two subsamples of this cohort for whom different psychometric measures concerned with psychiatric symptoms and behaviour had been completed. Found that schizophrenia spectrum disorders and mild intellectual disabilities independently predicted admission for the total cohort. Argues that the presence of symptoms associated with psychosis and the presence of physical aggression predicted admission in the subsamples.
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Notes information on admission to psychiatric inpatient units is lacking from the literature on contemporary services for people with intellectual disability and mental health needs. Reports on predictors of admission for a cohort of 752 adults from this population living in community settings; 83 were admitted. Reports on two subsamples of this cohort for whom different psychometric measures concerned with psychiatric symptoms and behaviour had been completed. Found that schizophrenia spectrum disorders and mild intellectual disabilities independently predicted admission for the total cohort. Argues that the presence of symptoms associated with psychosis and the presence of physical aggression predicted admission in the subsamples.
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