title: [Psychological disorders in mental handicap--prevalence and psychopathologic characteristics].
abstract: This review of studies on the prevalence of mental disorders in adults with mental retardation comes to the following principal conclusions: Mainly due to research problems and psychiatry's disinterest there continues to be limited epidemiological findings; compared with people of normal intelligence the prevalence rate of mental disorders is about 50% higher in mild mental retardation and 2-3 fold higher in severe mental retardation; substance abuse or -dependence as well as neurotic disturbances may be less prevalent while self-injurious behaviour seems to be rather specific for subjects with mental retardation. As far as factor analytic studies are concerned the two syndromes of irritability and lethargy may play a major role in the psychopathology of severe mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische und Nervenklinik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation
vernacular_title: Psychische Störungen bei geistiger Behinderung--Prävalenz und psychopathologische Besonderheiten.