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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2004) 185: 350-351
© 2004 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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

Stephan Collishaw, PhD and Barbara Maughan, PhD

Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London

Andrew Pickles, PhD

School of Epidemiology and Health Science, and Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, UK

Correspondence: Dr Stephan Collishaw, Box Number PO46, Institute of Psychiatry, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 78480487; e-mail: s.collishaw{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

Declaration of interest None. Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

ABSTRACT

Mild learning disability is associated with an increased riskof 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.




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