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Title: | The complexity of lifelong comorbidities with severe intellectual disability | Contributor(s): | Wark, Stuart (author) ; Kingstone, Martin (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Early Online Version: | 2018-07-26 | DOI: | 10.3109/13668250.2018.1481735 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26605 | Abstract: | Background: This descriptive single-case study reports upon a four-decade history of health care and support provided to one male with life-long intellectual disability and significant comorbidities. Methods: All available paper and electronic documentation from the past 40 years was reviewed, with relevant health and medication information collated and summarised. Results: The collated information notes radical movement in mental health diagnoses and significant emerging physical health issues. There are disparate and sometimes contradictory mental and physical health diagnoses from age 2 years and significant changes in treatment. Conclusions: This case outlines a number of important issues for medical and health care practitioners to consider when supporting individuals with intellectual disability. Clear differentiation between an existing intellectual disability, autism, and emerging mental health concerns has remained problematic over many decades. The lack of effective pain management, when contrasted against comprehensive medication regimes for health issues, is particularly concerning. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 44(4), p. 431-438 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-9532 1366-8250 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111703 Care for Disabled 111717 Primary Health Care 111708 Health and Community Services |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420319 Primary health care 420305 Health and community services |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920403 Disability and Functional Capacity 920401 Behaviour and Health 920502 Health Related to Ageing |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200403 Disability and functional capacity 200401 Behaviour and health 200502 Health related to ageing |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Rural Medicine |
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