Access to mental health services: The experiences of people with intellectual disabilities

EL Whittle, KR Fisher, S Reppermund… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background People with intellectual disability experience higher rates of mental health
disorders than the rest of the population, and expert opinion holds that multiple barriers …

Support needs of Canadian adult siblings of brothers and sisters with intellectual/developmental disabilities

BK Redquest, A Tint, H Ries, E Goll… - Journal of Policy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background It is becoming more common for siblings to fulfill a caregiving role for their
brother or sister, particularly because people with intellectual/developmental disabilities …

The role of thriving in mental health among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Canada

T Sellitto, J Fraser‐Thomas… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the mental health of
people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Numerous pandemic‐related …

The prevalence and health status of people with developmental disabilities in provincial prisons in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective cohort study

L Whittingham, A Durbin, E Lin… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Data on the prevalence of developmental disabilities in people who experience
imprisonment and on their characteristics are lacking. Methods The present authors …

Prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities among first generation adult newcomers, and the health and health service use of this group: A retrospective …

A Durbin, JKH Jung, H Chung, E Lin, R Balogh… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Attention to research and planning are increasingly being devoted to newcomer
health, but the needs of newcomers with disabilities remain largely unknown. This …

[PDF][PDF] The mental health of adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario: Lessons from administrative health data

Y Lunsky, R Balogh, A Durbin, A Selick, T Volpe… - Healthc Q, 2018 - scholar.archive.org
Adults with developmental disabilities have increased rates of mental illness and addiction,
in addition to being more likely to experience phy sical health issues. This can lead to high …

Is health a priority? Examining health-related support needs in adults with intellectual disability through a self-determination framework

R Rinaldi, J Duplat… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People with intellectual disabilities experience inequities in healthcare. Those
are maintained by individual limitations as well as environmental factors. In this context …

Mental Health Services for Autistic People with Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study on Patient and Treatment Characteristics, and Intervention-Outcome …

JMA Hellerud, CAN Lorentzen, AN Kildahl… - Journal of Mental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Autistic people with co-occurring intellectual disability have a high risk of mental
disorders. This study aimed to investigate specialized mental health services for this group …

Psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disabilities: steps toward eliminating research and clinical care disparities

EM Dykens - International review of research in developmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
This critique takes a look both back and forward at research, services, and training for
people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) and cooccurring psychiatric disorders. Despite …

Neurodevelopmental disorders in people with intellectual disability across cultures

R Shankar, M Barrett, JVS Kommu… - Psychiatry of Intellectual …, 2023 - books.google.com
Culture is a constantly evolving shared pattern of customs, ideas, and behaviours by a
particular society (1). Culture refers to the characteristics passed between generations which …