1. Etiology and Management of Behavioral Disorder in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Author
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Govind H Kallumkal, Rafik Jacob, and Linda Edwards
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behavioral disorder ,Population ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Affect (psychology) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intellectual disability ,Medicine ,education ,Psychiatry ,intellectual and developmental disabilities ,Chronic constipation ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Cognition ,behavioral modification ,medicine.disease ,antipsychotics ,Etiology ,Life expectancy ,Other ,business ,Family/General Practice ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Intellectual disability (ID) encompasses a wide variety of disorders that can severely affect an individual’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, even when identified early in life. Initially, individuals with such disorders had shorter life expectancies. However, medical advances have increased the life expectancy of individuals with ID similar to that of the general population. More attention must be paid to manage diseases affecting the intellectually disabled elderly, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic constipation, and behavioral disorders.
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- 2021