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Children and young people with intellectual disability in residential childcare: Prevalence of mental health disorders and therapeutic interventions

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  • Alba Águila‐Otero
  • Carla González‐García
  • Amaia Bravo
  • Susana Lázaro‐Visa
  • Jorge F. del Valle

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Children with intellectual disability are more likely to suffer abuse and neglect. Therefore, they are over‐represented among children in childcare interventions, particularly in residential childcare. The main goal of this article was to explore the correlates of mental health diseases in a sample of 169 children (6–18 years old) in residential care with intellectual disability compared with a group of 625 children, also in residential care but without disability. Results show that the prevalence of intellectual disability in residential childcare in Spain is about 19%, which is significant due to their special needs. In addition to this disability, they have a higher frequency of clinical problems in the scales of withdrawal‐depression, thought problems, attention problems and, above all, social problems than do their peers in residential care. They are also referred more frequently to therapeutic services, in particular to psychiatric intervention and they receive more pharmacological treatments.

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  • Alba Águila‐Otero & Carla González‐García & Amaia Bravo & Susana Lázaro‐Visa & Jorge F. del Valle, 2018. "Children and young people with intellectual disability in residential childcare: Prevalence of mental health disorders and therapeutic interventions," International Journal of Social Welfare, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(4), pages 337-347, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:injsow:v:27:y:2018:i:4:p:337-347
    DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12351
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    1. Smales, Madelaine & Savaglio, Melissa & Webster, Susan & Skouteris, Helen & Pizzirani, Bengianni & O'Donnell, Renee & Green (nee Cox), Rachael, 2020. "Are the voices of young people living in out-of-home care represented in research examining their health?: A systematic review of the literature," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    2. Águila-Otero, A. & Bravo, A. & Santos, I. & Del Valle, J.F., 2020. "Addressing the most damaged adolescents in the child protection system: An analysis of the profiles of young people in therapeutic residential care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).

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