Psychiatric diagnoses in older people with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population: a register study.
Anna AxmonP BjörneL NylanderG AhlströmPublished in: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences (2017)
Older people with ID seem to be more likely to have psychiatric diagnoses in inpatient or outpatient specialist care than their peers in the general population. If this is an effect of different disorder prevalence, diagnostic difficulties or differences in health care availability remains unknown. More research is needed to understand the diagnostic and treatment challenges of psychiatric disorders in this vulnerable group.