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Treatment of PTSD in people with severe intellectual disabilities: a case seriesL Mevissen
Accare, Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Deventer, The Netherlands
Dev Neurorehabil 15:223-32. 2012..The purpose of the present case studies was to assess the applicability and effects of an evidence-based treatment method for psychological trauma with this population...
Do persons with intellectual disability and limited verbal capacities respond to trauma treatment?Liesbeth Mevissen
Accare, Deventer, The Netherlands
J Intellect Dev Disabil 36:274-9. 2011..This paper assessed the applicability of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) in two clients with moderate ID, serious behavioural problems, and histories of negative life events...
PTSD and its treatment in people with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literatureL Mevissen
Accare, Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Clin Psychol Rev 30:308-16. 2010..Development of diagnostic instruments for assessment of PTSD symptomatology in this population is required, as it could facilitate further research on its prevalence and treatment...
EMDR treatment in people with mild ID and PTSD: 4 casesL Mevissen
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry KJP Drenthe Overijssel, Accare, Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Diepenveenseweg 169, 7413 AP, Deventer, The Netherlands
Psychiatr Q 82:43-57. 2011..It is concluded that clients' improvements converge to suggest the applicability of EMDR in people with mild ID. Difficulties involved in arriving at an accurate PTSD diagnosis in ID clients are discussed...
