Effectiveness of treatment programmes for depression among adults with mild/moderate intellectual disability McCabe, Marita, McGillivray, Jane and Newton, Danielle C. 2006, Effectiveness of treatment programmes for depression among adults with mild/moderate intellectual disability, Journal of intellectual disability research, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 239-247, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00772.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Effectiveness of treatment programmes for depression among adults with mild/moderate intellectual disability Author(s) McCabe, Marita McGillivray, Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Newton, Danielle C. orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-8847 Journal name Journal of intellectual disability research Volume number 50 Issue number 4 Start page 239 End page 247 Publisher Blackwell Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2006-04 ISSN 0964-2633 1365-2788 Keyword(s) depression efficacy intellectual disability treatment programme Summary Background The current study describes the development and evaluation of group treatment programme for people with mild/moderate intellectual disability (ID). Methods A total of 34 participants (16 males, 18 females) completed the treatment programme and 15 participants (six males, nine females) comprised a control group. Results Compared to the control group, the intervention group showed an improvement in levels of depression, positive feelings about the self, and lower levels of automatic negative thoughts after the intervention. These changes were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Conclusions These results demonstrate that intervention programmes are effective for the treatment of depression among people with ID. Notes Published Online: 28 Feb 2006 published on behalf of Mencap in association with IASSID (The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities) Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00772.x Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2006, Blackwell Publishing Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003944 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 13:59:20 EST Thu, 09 Apr 2009, 09:37:50 EST Tue, 14 Jul 2009, 16:21:49 EST Tue, 14 Jul 2009, 16:23:00 EST Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 14:07:15 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 07:17:31 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:23:41 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:17:52 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:13:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 73 times in TR Web of Science Cited 80 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1186 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:07:40 EST