Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Ensure good quality mental and

Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Transfer care from institutions to the community

Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Identifying the needs of each child and young

Relationship of Lifestyle and Attachment to God with Depression Mediated by Quality of Life among Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Background: Mothers often bear a heavy psychological burden in society due to their disabled children. As mothers often spend more time taking care of these children, they are exposed to different types of stress and mental disorders. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and attachment to God with depression with the mediating role of quality of life (QoL) i...

Interpersonal sources of conflict in young people with and without mild to moderate intellectual disabilities at transition from adolescence to adulthood.

BACKGROUND Interpersonal conflict is a source of stress and contributes to poor mental health in people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. Understanding the contexts in which conflict typically occurs can better equip services to help people with such difficulties. However, existing studies into the contexts of conflict have included participants with wide-ranging ages and may not...

Quality of life in caregivers of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: use of WHOQOL-BREF survey.

The present study based on World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) scale to examine quality of life of the caregivers caring for their children/adolescents with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan, and the factors contributing to their quality of life. Structured interviews were conducted with 597 caregivers of children/adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The results fou...