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The Complexity of Lifelong Comorbidities with Severe Intellectual Disability
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Wark, Stuart; Kingstone, Martin – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: This descriptive single-case study reports upon a four-decade history of health care and support provided to one male with life-long intellectual disability and significant comorbidities. Methods: All available paper and electronic documentation from the past 40 years was reviewed, with relevant health and medication information…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Documentation
Making the Transition from Diagnosis to Treatment-Planning: Validity, Reliability and Factor Structure of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Behaviour Checklist
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Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Christopher F. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
The validity, reliability and factor structure of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Behaviour Checklist-Revised (ASDBC-R) were measured in a sample of 140 boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged between 6 and 18 years. Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was satisfactory and the ASDBC-R significantly correlated with the Social Responsiveness…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Intervention, Planning, Test Validity
Differences in the Prevalence, Severity and Symptom Profiles of Depression in Boys and Adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder versus Normally Developing Controls
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Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Christopher F. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
The prevalence, severity and symptom profiles for major depressive disorder (MDD) were compared in samples of boys and adolescents with and without an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Self-reports were obtained on the Depression subscale of the Child and Adolescent Symptoms Inventory (CASI-D) with 70 ASD and 50 non-ASD male participants between the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Severity (of Disability), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Males
Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood: Coping Strategies and Comparisons in Psychological Functioning
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O'Leary, Patrick J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Coping strategies of men who were sexually abused in childhood were examined to ascertain their relationship to clinical diagnoses. Time elapsed since the abuse occurred was examined for its relationship to psychological functioning. Clinical psychopathology of this primary sample of sexually abused men was compared to a community…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Self Help Programs