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Concordance of the M ini‐ P sychiatric A ssessment S chedule for A dults who have D evelopmental D isabilities ( PASADD ) and the B rief S ymptom I nventory
Author(s) -
Beail N.,
Mitchell K.,
Vlissides N.,
Jackson T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/jir.12073
Subject(s) - concordance , trait , psychology , mental health , distress , convergent validity , psychological distress , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , medicine , internal consistency , computer science , programming language
Background When assessing the mental health needs of people who have intellectual disabilities ( ID ) it is important to use measures that have good validity and reliability to ensure accurate case recognition and reliable and valid outcome data. Measures developed for this purpose tend to be self‐report or by informant report. Multi‐trait screening tools developed to identify psychological and psychiatric disorders in people who have ID tend to be informant based. Research examining the concordance of different tools has found this to be high but not for specific diagnoses. Multi‐trait self‐report measures are fewer and have not been compared with informant approaches. This study aims to examine the concordance between two multi‐trait measures of mental health used with people who have ID . One administered to informants [the M ini‐ P sychiatric A ssessment S chedule for A dults who have D evelopmental D isabilities ( PASADD )] and one self‐report [ B rief S ymptom I nventory ( BSI )] Method The measures were completed with 109 adults who have ID and with someone who knows them well. Results Level of agreement across the four scales in common was good for three. The poorest convergence was for the obsessive compulsive disorder sub‐scales. However, a high level of concordance was found between most sub‐scales. Conclusion The BSI and the PASSAD seem to be good indicators of psychiatric problems and psychological distress; however, similar to other multi‐trait measures they did not demonstrate appropriate specificity for particular disorders.