Affective problems in adults with mild learning disability: the roles of social disadvantage and ill health
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 185 (4) , 350-351
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.185.4.350
Abstract
Summary: Mild learning disability is associated with an increased risk of affective disorder. This study examines the extent to which adult socio-economic disadvantage and ill health contribute to this risk. Samples were drawn from the 1958 National Child Development Study. Relative to a comparison group, mild learning disability at age 11 was associated with elevated rates of depressive symptoms throughout adult life, and carried a six-fold risk of chronic depressed mood. The group difference in depressed mood at age 43 years was in large part mediated by variations in adult socio-economic disadvantage and ill health.Keywords
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