11 Dec 2012

Use of psychiatric diagnostic tool sharpens understanding of mental health issues in people with learning disability

Use of psychiatric diagnostic tool sharpens understanding of mental health issues in people with learning disability: Estimates of the prevalence of co-morbid psychiatric problems in the learning disability population have varied greatly in the literature, often bedeviled by a lack of clarity around case definition. The Diagnostic Criteria for the identification of psychiatric disorders in people with learning disabilities (DC-LD) was developed by working groups of the Royal College of Psychiatry [...]