Assessing distress in people with intellectual disabilities
Keith Marshall Cognitive behaviour therapist, Clinical psychology adult learning disability service, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh
Fleur-Michelle Coiffait Trainee clinical psychologist, Clinical psychology adult learning disability service, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh
Simon Willoughby-Booth Lead art therapist, Clinical psychology adult learning disability service, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh
Keith Marshall and colleagues discuss a modified version of Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation, a tool that helps clients self-report their experiences of stress
Background There are few available tools for screening and assessing mental distress in people with intellectual disabilities.
Method Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation: Learning Disabilities (CORE-LD) tool with other psychometrically robust but more specific measures.
Results Scores derived from CORE-LD correlate with those of established measures that have been adapted for use with people with learning disabilities.
Conclusions As a tool for measuring mental health problems and levels of distress, CORE-LD is as valid as established tools for measuring anxiety, depression and self-esteem.
Learning Disability Practice.
16, 3, 26-30.
doi: 10.7748/ldp2013.04.16.3.26.e1426
Correspondence
keith.marshall2@nhs.net
Peer review
This article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interest
None declared
Received: 31 December 2012
Accepted: 08 February 2013
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