Aggressive behaviour of psychiatric patients with mild and borderline intellectual disabilities in general mental health care.

Purpose: Little is known about the associations between mild intellectual disability (MID), borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) and aggressive behaviour in general mental health care. The study aims to establish the association between aggressive behaviour and MID/BIF, analysing patient characteristics and diagnoses.

Method: 1174 out of 1565 consecutive in-and outpatients were screened for MID/BIF with the Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) in general mental health care in The Netherlands.

Not recognized enough: The effects and associations of trauma and intellectual disability in severely mentally ill outpatients.

Background: Little is known about the association between trauma and intellectual disability in SMI patients.

Aim: To establish the prevalence of trauma and its association with intellectual functioning in SMI outpatients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two mental health trusts in the Netherlands.

A Blind Spot? Screening for Mild Intellectual Disability and Borderline Intellectual Functioning in Admitted Psychiatric Patients: Prevalence and Associations with Coercive Measures.

Background: Failure to detect psychiatric patients' intellectual disabilities may lead to inappropriate treatment and greater use of coercive measures.

Aims: In this prospective dynamic cohort study we screened for intellectual disabilities in patients admitted to psychiatric wards, and investigated the use of coercive measures with these patients.

Methods: We used the Screener for Intelligence and Learning disabilities (SCIL) to screen patients admitted to two acute psychiatric wards, and assessed patient characteristics and coercive measures during their stay and over the last 5 years.