Background The present authors studied the impact of dual diagnosis [ie intellectual
disability (ID) and mental disorder] in young adults on their mothers' perceived levels of …

Background Raising a child with a disability places considerable demands and stress on
parents, which can contribute to mental health difficulties. Research has primarily focused …

Background There is a general agreement in the literature that no systematic correlation
exists between parental intellectual disability per se and parenting performance. Yet, a few …

Background During the last decade, there has been a growing interest in outpatient support
services for persons with intellectual disability (ID) and psychiatric and/or behavioural …

Background Few large‐scale studies with well‐constructed samples have compared the
socio‐economic circumstances and social impact of raising a child with intellectual disability …

Background This study examined risk factors for the development of psychopathology in
children with intellectual disability (ID) in the developmental, biological, family and social …

Objective To evaluate stress and quality of life in parents of children with an intellectual
disability (moderate–severe–profound), who attend a Child and Adolescent Mental Health …

Background: It is well documented that mothers of children with intellectual disabilities
experience elevated mental health difficulties and that these are exacerbated by the …

Background Adolescents with intellectual disability (ID)(ID‐adolescents) and adolescents
with chronic diseases are both more likely to have emotional and behavioural problems. The …

Background Studies of the relationship between the level of intellectual disability and mental
and behavioural disorders have reported divergent findings regarding the direction of the …