Supporting people with intellectual disabilities in psychological therapies for depression: A qualitative analysis of supporters' experiences.

Background: Clinicians recommend including carers or others in a supporting role in the therapy as an important adaptation of psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities. This nested qualitative study from a larger trial explored supporters' experiences of supporting people with intellectual disabilities receiving behavioural activation or guided self-help therapies for depression.

Method: Twenty-one purposively sampled supporters were interviewed.