Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressed Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study.
Sigan L HartleyAnna J EsbensenRebecca ShalevLori B VincentIulia MihailaPaige BussanichPublished in: Journal of mental health research in intellectual disabilities (2015)
Findings indicate that adults with mild ID with a depressive disorder benefitted from a group CBT treatment with a caregiver component. Moreover, adults with mild ID appeared to benefit, at least in part, from the cognitive therapy components of the treatment, in addition to the behavior therapy components.