Journal of Psychiatry

Traumatic symptoms assessment battery for people with intellectual disabilities: depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

Joint Event on World Congress on Psychiatry & Psychological Syndromes & 29^th International Conference on Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychology

December 06-07, 2018 | Rome, Italy

Ana Dolado Contreras

Fundacion A LA PAR, Spain

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Statement of the Problem: Compared to general population, people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are exposed to a high number of traumatic events throughout their lives and those events will affect their quality of life (QoL) due to a higher vulnerability to cope with extraordinary situations. The specificity of the traumatic symptomatology and the difficulties that clinicians have to understand these symptoms, complicate the ability to provide adequate psychosocial care. Literature reports a high prevalence of anxiety, depression and post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in people with ID who have experienced traumatic events. Despite the impact this has on their QoL, on their emotional state and on their environment, there are no validated scales in Spanish which help clinicians to make an accurate diagnosis in order to provide more specialized interventions. Aim: The aim of this study is to validate the Spanish version of what would complete a traumatic symptomatology battery assessment for people with ID and to analyze the type and frequency of the symptoms depending on the traumatic event. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: 120 people with ID (older18) and their main careers have been interviewed through a traumatic symptomatology battery. The inter-rater and test retest reliabilities are being analyzed and the symptomatology frequency associated to each of the different traumatic events will be measured. Findings: The main research hypothesis considered are, those scales under validation process will adequately assess the symptomatology previously mentioned within Spanish population with ID. Additionally, we expect to find higher scores in PTSD when being victims of sexual abuse, intimidation or threats. Conclusions & Significance: This traumatic symptomatology battery will be an important step towards the comprehensive care within the mental health of people with ID. Its dissemination to ID centers throughout Spain will be carried out, improving mental health care in people with ID. Recent Publications: 1. Hall J C, Jobson L and Langdon P E (2014) Measuring symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in people with intellectual disabilities: The development and psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale-Intellectual Disabilities (IES-IDs). British Journal of Clinical Psychology 53(3):315-332. 2. Hern�ndez N��ez-Polo M, Alemany Carrasco A, Berenguer Mu�oz I, Recio Zapata M and Martorell Cafranga A (2016) Integrative therapy focused on trauma for people with intellectual disability (TIT-ID): a therapeutic answer to abuse and intellectual disability experience in the individual and the family. Journal of Intellectual Disability-Diagnosis and Treatment 4(1):29-40. 3. Reid A J (2016) Sex trafficking of girls with intellectual disabilities: an exploratory mixed methods study. Sexual Abuse. A Journal of Research and Treatment 17:1-25. 4. Sinason V (2010) Mental Handicap and the Human Condition: An Analytic Approach to Intellectual Disability. London; New York: Free Association Books. 5. Wigham S, Hatton C and Taylor J L (2011) The Lancaster and Northgate Trauma Scales (LANTS): the development and psychometric properties of a measure of trauma for people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities 32(6): 2651-2659.

Biography :

Almudena Martorell Cafranga is PhD at Faculty of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry) at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and A LA PAR Foundation’s General Head, having worked since the beginning of her professional career in the assessment and improvement of mental health in people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

E-mail: ana.dolado @alapar.org