TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence and incidence of mental ill-health in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities
AU - Melville, Craig
AU - Cooper, Sally-Ann
AU - Morrison, Jillian
AU - Smiley, Elita
AU - Allan, Linda
AU - Jackson, Alison
AU - Finlayson, Janet
AU - Mantry, Dipali
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and Down syndrome. Although the adults with autism had a higher point prevalence of problem behaviours compared with the whole adult population with intellectual disabilities, compared with individually matched controls there was no difference in prevalence, or incidence of either problem behaviours or other mental ill-health.
AB - The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and Down syndrome. Although the adults with autism had a higher point prevalence of problem behaviours compared with the whole adult population with intellectual disabilities, compared with individually matched controls there was no difference in prevalence, or incidence of either problem behaviours or other mental ill-health.
KW - intellectual disabilities
KW - autism
KW - mental health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53949116344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-008-0549-7
DO - 10.1007/s10803-008-0549-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:53949116344
VL - 38
SP - 1676
EP - 1688
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 9
ER -
