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RRTC - Straight From the Horses Mouth: increasing self-report in mental health assessment in people with intellectual disability

Center:

OH-The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2020

Contact Information:

Susan M. Havercamp
[email protected]
614-685-8724

Product Description:

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have high rates of mental health conditions, yet these needs are often unrecognized and unmet. One factor contributing to this problem is the lack of cognitively accessible measures that would allow people with IDD to self-report symptoms of mental distress. Clinicians and researchers have relied on proxy reporters to understand the health needs of people with IDD, but evidence suggests that proxy reporters under report symptoms.

Keyword(s):

intellectual and developmental disability, self-report, mental health, cognitive accessibility, proxy-report

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals submitted

Target Audience:

Professionals

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