Mental Health in Intellectual Disability

Question 1

What percentage of individuals with mild and severe intellectual disability respectively have a psychiatric disorder?

Answer 1

Mild: 30%
Severe: 40-50%

Question 2

What is the prevalence of ADHD in individuals with mild, moderate, and severe intellectual disability respectively?

Answer 2

Mild: 13%
Moderate: 25%
Severe: 30%

Question 3

Give 3 biological reasons for the association between intellectual disability and psychiatric disorders

Answer 3

Genetics, epilepsy, sensory impairments

Question 4

Give 3 psychological reasons for the association between intellectual disability and psychiatric disorders

Answer 4

Reduced capacity for learning & peer interaction, family dysfunction, parental mental health problems

Question 5

Give 3 social reasons for the association between intellectual disability and psychiatric disorders

Answer 5

Social disadvantage and poverty, higher rates of stressful events e.g. abuse, school failure, peer rejection

Question 6

What are the most common areas of psychiatric disorder in children with mild intellectual disability

Answer 6

Emotional, behavioural, and hyperactivity disorders

Question 7

What are the most common areas of psychiatric disorder in children with severe intellectual disability

Answer 7

Autism spectrum, hyperactivity, and self-injury disorders

Question 8

Define specific reading disorder

Answer 8

The DSM term for developmental dyslexia - reading being substantially poorer than would be predicted by age and IQ

Question 9

Describe the epidemiology of specific reading disorder

Answer 9

Affects 3-10% of children, male to female ratio 2-3:1

Question 10

State the mental health disorders associated with specific reading disorder

Answer 10

Conduct disorder, ADHD