This study aimed to highlight the interplay of intellectual disability and psychiatric presentation using a case series.
Methods:
A brief review of the current literature and an illustrative case series of five intellectually disabled patients with psychiatric patients whose diagnosis were clarified over time who presented with a psychiatric illness are provided.
Results:
The presence of intellectual disability often compounds the difficulty of establishment of mental-health diagnosis.
Conclusions:
More focus is required on training and skills development across mental-health services regarding the assessment of psychiatric disorders in people with an intellectual disability.
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