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Family Dynamics, Trauma, and Child-Related Characteristics: Examining Factors Associated with Co-Occurring Mental Health Problems in Clinically-Referred Children with and without an Intellectual (and Developmental) Disability
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Journal of Intellectual Disabilities . Sep 2023 27(3):701-714. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Psychiatric disorders are common in youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is a vulnerable group of children whose behavioural problems often have more complicated care needs than other children, which can place a great deal of stress on their families. However, the association of family mental health issues, level of intellectual ability, and diagnostic co-morbidity in children is relatively under-studied. In the present study, we investigated the relationship among child diagnoses, family mental health problems, risk for self-injury, and disruption in care among children with (N = 517) and without (N = 517) intellectual and developmental disabilities. A negative binomial regression showed that mental health problems in multiple family members, self-injurious behaviour, and self-reported abuse/trauma was related to greater likelihood of provisional diagnoses of co-occurring psychiatric disorders in both a clinically referred sample and a sample with IDD. Implications for care-planning are discussed.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1744-6295 and 1744-6309
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1390974
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/17446295221093967