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Differential Rates of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Down's Syndrome Compared with Other Mentally Handicapped Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard A. Collacott ,
Sally-Ann Cooper  and
Catherine McGrother
Richard A. Collacott*
Affiliation:
Frith Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QF
Sally-Ann Cooper
Affiliation:
Towers Hospital, Gipsy Lane, Leicester LE5 OTD
Catherine McGrother
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The total number of adults with Down's syndrome living in Leicestershire, ascertained by widespread enquiry, was found to be 378. Of these, 371 were matched with adults with mental handicap due to other pathologies, on the basis of age, sex, and type of residence. Those with Down's syndrome were found to have a different spectrum of mental disorders from those without the syndrome. In particular, Down's syndrome patients were more likely to have been diagnosed as having depression and dementia; the controls were more likely to have been diagnosed as suffering from conduct disorder, personality disorder, or schizophrenia/paranoid state. The same proportion of each group had been given a diagnosis of autism.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 5 , November 1992 , pp. 671 - 674
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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