Differential Rates of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Down's Syndrome Compared with Other Mentally Handicapped Adults

A. Collacott, R.; Cooper, Sally‐Ann; W. McGrother, Catherine

doi:10.1192/bjp.161.5.671

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Differential Rates of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Down's Syndrome Compared with Other Mentally Handicapped Adults

Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry • Nov 1, 1992

Authors:

R. A. Collacott

Sally‐Ann Cooper

Catherine W. McGrother

Abstract

The total number of adults with Down's syndrome living in Leicestershire, ascertained by widespread enquiry, was found to be 378. Of these, 371 were matched with adults with mental handicap due to other pathologies, on the basis of age, sex, and type of residence. Those with Down's syndrome were fou...

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Psychiatry

Depression (economics)

Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

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