ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2016
Assessing posttraumatic stress disorder in children with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities.
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- Traumatic Experiences and Major Life Stressors in Children and Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Integrated Inpatient Trauma-Focused Treatment for Children and Parents: A Longitudinal Evaluation Study.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults With Severe or Moderate Intellectual Disability Using the Diagnostic Interview Trauma and Stressors-Severe Intellectual Disability.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Article
- PTSD Symptoms After Traumatic Versus Stressful Life Events in People With Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Proving the Null.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- A Call for Inclusion: Children With Intellectual Disabilities in Trauma Treatment Research.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- Development and evaluation of the Trauma Screener-Intellectual Disability: a post-traumatic stress disorder screening tool for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- Feasibility and potential effectiveness of an intensive trauma-focused treatment programme for families with PTSD and mild intellectual disability.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Article
- Predictors of Trauma Exposure and Trauma Diagnoses for Children with Autism and Developmental Disorders Served in a Community Mental Health Clinic.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy as a Feasible and Potential Effective Treatment for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and a History of Adverse Events.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence suggests that children with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities (MBID; IQ 50-85) have an elevated risk for both being exposed to potentially traumatic events and developing a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this target group, PTSD often remains undiscovered due to a lack of diagnostic instruments. Valid instruments for the assessment of PTSD in children with MBID are therefore needed.
objectiveThe aim of the current study was to validate the adapted PTSD section of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children (ADIS-C) for the assessment of PTSD in children with MBID according to DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria.
methodEighty children (aged 6-18 years) with MBID who were referred to an outpatient psychiatric service and their primary caregivers were interviewed using the adapted ADIS-C.
resultsThe adapted ADIS-C PTSD section has excellent interrater reliability and good convergent validity. PTSD symptoms described spontaneously by children with MBID and their caregivers closely matched those included in the DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5. Many of the children who met Criterion A did not meet PTSD symptom criteria. Conversely, children meeting the full PTSD criteria were more likely than other children with MBID to have been exposed to at least one traumatic event meeting Criterion A and to a higher total number of potentially traumatic events.
conclusionsThe results support the reliability and validity of the adapted ADIS-C PTSD section for assessing PTSD in children with MBID. The use of this clinical interview helps to improve detection of PTSD and subsequent access to trauma-focused interventions for this at risk target group.
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