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. 1997 Mar;101(5):445-58.

Psychopathology in older adults with severe and profound mental retardation

K E Cherry  1 , J L Matson, T R Paclawskyj
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  • PMID: 9083602

Psychopathology in older adults with severe and profound mental retardation

K E Cherry et al. Am J Ment Retard. 1997 Mar.

Abstract

The prevalence of psychopathology in younger and older adults with severe and profound mental retardation was examined. Participants were evaluated by direct-care staff using the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped (DASH), which measures the frequency, duration, and severity of symptoms associated with 13 major psychiatric disorders derived from the DSM-III-R. The frequency of disorders was comparable for younger and older adults. Age group differences favoring the older adults were revealed in the analyses of duration and severity on 4 of the DASH subscales. Implications of these findings for research and practice were discussed.

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