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Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. H. Reid ,
B. R. Ballinger  and
B. B. Heather
A. H. Reid*
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Service, Strathmartine Hospital, By Dundee, and Tayside Area Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, By Dundee
B. R. Ballinger
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Service, Strathmartine Hospital, By Dundee, and Tayside Area Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, By Dundee
B. B. Heather
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Service, Strathmartine Hospital, By Dundee, and Tayside Area Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, By Dundee
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr A. H. Reid, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, By Dundee DD2 5NF.
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Synopsis

Very little is known about psychiatric disorders in severely and profoundly retarded adults. We have investigated these disorders by systematically recording and collecting data about the behaviour of 100 severely and profoundly retarded hospitalized adults and subjecting the data thus derived to cluster analysis. Eight clusters were isolated. The clinical psychiatric significance of these clusters is discussed and their relationship to cause of retardation, duration of stay in hospital and visiting is considered. A diagnostic framework for psychiatric disorder in severely and profoundly retarded adults is put forward and some possible treatment approaches are suggested.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 399 - 412
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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