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Affective problems in adults with mild learning disability: the roles of social disadvantage and ill health
- Authors:
- COLLISHAW Stephan, MAUGHAN Barbara, PICKLES Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 185(10), October 2004, pp.350-351.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
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.