Normative study of a checklist of emotional and behavioural disturbance in adults with intellectual disability

智障人士患精神疾病的可能性是普通人群的三倍，这使其成为比精神分裂症更严重的问题。他们是照顾者的巨大负担，也是社区的沉重负担，但他们的心理健康问题在很大程度上仍未得到治疗。本研究旨在开展迄今为止国际上规模最大、最全面的ID成人心理健康调查。人口将涵盖青春期晚期（16岁）到成年生活的过渡，然后再到老年。该研究将在大量具有代表性的成年ID患者中确定精神疾病的患病率和性质以及潜在的风险因素。

People with intellectual disability (ID) are three times more likely to suffer mental illness than the general community, making this a bigger problem than schizophrenia. They are a great burden to their carers and cost to the community but their mental health problems remain largely untreated. This study aims to conduct the largest and most comprehensive survey of the mental health of adults with ID that has been undertaken internationally to date. The population will cover the age span of late adolescence (16 years) through the transition to adult life then through to the elderly. The research will establish the prevalence and nature of mental illness and potential risk factors in a large representative population of adults with ID.