Affective problems in adults with mild learning disability: the roles of social disadvantage and ill health

TY - JOUR

T1 - Affective problems in adults with mild learning disability: the roles of social disadvantage and ill health

AU - Collishaw, S

AU - Maughan, B

AU - Pickles, A

PY - 2004/10

Y1 - 2004/10

N2 - 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 socioeconomic disadvantage and ill health.

AB - 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 socioeconomic disadvantage and ill health.

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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.185.4.350

DO - 10.1192/bjp.185.4.350

M3 - Article

SN - 1472-1465

VL - 185

SP - 350

EP - 351

JO - British Journal of Psychiatry

JF - British Journal of Psychiatry

IS - OCT.

ER -