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- Mental Health Research and Practice
- Mental Health Research and Practice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Chemical and Behavioral Addictions
- Chapter 2 Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents
- Chapter 3 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics
- Chapter 4 Recent Developments in Cultural Psychiatry
- Chapter 5 New Perspectives in Eating Disorders
- Chapter 6 Emergency Psychiatry
- Chapter 7 How Can Forensic Psychiatry Contribute to Legal and Ethical Controversies in Society?
- Chapter 8 Diagnosis of Co-occurrent Mental Health Problems in Persons with Intellectual Disability, Major Communication and Insight Difficulties, and Stressor-Related Disorders
- Chapter 9 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults
- Chapter 10 Translational Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
- Chapter 11 Challenges in the Therapy of Psychiatric Disorders in the Elderly
- Chapter 12 Position-Taking
- Chapter 13 Physical Health of Patients with Schizophrenia
- Chapter 14 Evolving Concepts for the Assessment and Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 15 The Role of Rapid-Acting Antidepressants in Suicidal Crisis Management
- Chapter 16 Telemental Health Care
- Chapter 17 Development and Current Status of ICD-11 Mental, Behavioral, or Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Chapter 18 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 19 Did We Lose Interest and Pleasure in the Concept of Major Depression?
- Chapter 20 Personality Disorders
- Index
- References
Chapter 8 - Diagnosis of Co-occurrent Mental Health Problems in Persons with Intellectual Disability, Major Communication and Insight Difficulties, and Stressor-Related Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2024
- Mental Health Research and Practice
- Mental Health Research and Practice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Chemical and Behavioral Addictions
- Chapter 2 Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents
- Chapter 3 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics
- Chapter 4 Recent Developments in Cultural Psychiatry
- Chapter 5 New Perspectives in Eating Disorders
- Chapter 6 Emergency Psychiatry
- Chapter 7 How Can Forensic Psychiatry Contribute to Legal and Ethical Controversies in Society?
- Chapter 8 Diagnosis of Co-occurrent Mental Health Problems in Persons with Intellectual Disability, Major Communication and Insight Difficulties, and Stressor-Related Disorders
- Chapter 9 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults
- Chapter 10 Translational Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
- Chapter 11 Challenges in the Therapy of Psychiatric Disorders in the Elderly
- Chapter 12 Position-Taking
- Chapter 13 Physical Health of Patients with Schizophrenia
- Chapter 14 Evolving Concepts for the Assessment and Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 15 The Role of Rapid-Acting Antidepressants in Suicidal Crisis Management
- Chapter 16 Telemental Health Care
- Chapter 17 Development and Current Status of ICD-11 Mental, Behavioral, or Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Chapter 18 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 19 Did We Lose Interest and Pleasure in the Concept of Major Depression?
- Chapter 20 Personality Disorders
- Index
- References
Summary
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients with intellectual disability (ID) and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is higher than in the general population. The available reports on this comorbidity vary depending on the adopted methodologies, the size of the examined ID population, and the criteria used to diagnose mental disorders. Multiple factors contribute to the significantly different presentation of psychopathological symptoms and syndromes in people with ID and ASD compared to the general population, including cognitive and communicative impairments, developmental peculiarities, and neuro-autonomic vulnerability. Because they have a hard time conceptualizing and articulating their mental states, the diagnosis of their psychopathology must rely on firsthand observation of behaviors in the context of daily life as well as third-party accounts. As a result, diagnostic criteria designed for the general population are ineffective when used in these groups, so for them specific diagnostic procedures and instruments should be a significant determinant of psychiatric diagnosis validity.
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- Mental Health Research and PracticeFrom Evidence to Experience, pp. 122 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024