Primary mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: a Dutch database study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) are increasingly confronted with people with both mild intellectual disability (MID) and mental health (MH) problems. Little is known about the type of MH problems for which people with MID visit their GP and the care provided.

Objectives

To identify the type and prevalence of MH disorders and MH-related complaints in people with MID in primary care and care provided, compared to people without ID.

Methods

By linking the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research's primary care databases, comprising electronic health records, with Statistic Netherlands' social services and chronic care databases, we identified 11,887 people with MID. In this four-year retrospective study, MH-related International Classification of Primary

SUBMITTER: Pouls KPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9683063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature