@article{ref1,
title="Family dynamics, trauma, and child-related characteristics: examining factors associated with co-occurring mental health problems in clinically-referred children with and without an intellectual (and developmental) disability",
journal="Journal of intellectual disabilities",
year="2022",
author="Stewart, Shannon L. and Dave, Hiten P. and Lapshina, Natalia",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Psychiatric disorders are common in youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is a vulnerable group of children whose behavioural problems often have more complicated care needs than other children, which can place a great deal of stress on their families. However, the association of family mental health issues, level of intellectual ability, and diagnostic co-morbidity in children is relatively under-studied. In the present study, we investigated the relationship among child diagnoses, family mental health problems, risk for self-injury, and disruption in care among children with (N = 517) and without (N = 517) intellectual and developmental disabilities. A negative binomial regression showed that mental health problems in multiple family members, self-injurious behaviour, and self-reported abuse/trauma was related to greater likelihood of provisional diagnoses of co-occurring psychiatric disorders in both a clinically referred sample and a sample with IDD. Implications for care-planning are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1744-6295",
doi="10.1177/17446295221093967",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17446295221093967"
}