Abstract
Ruedrich et al.s (1) article is a survey of adult psychiatry residents completing a rotation focused on intellectual disability/developmental disability (ID/DD) patients and serves as an educational outcomes assessment for this particular training program. The article is one of a growing body of literature that recognizes this patient group as being underserved and requiring specific knowledge and skills to effectively address their physical and mental health needs. Patients with ID/DD are a significant health care population with an increased need for community based services. With the population in the United States at over 300 million and estimates of 2% of the population having significant intellectual disabilities, over 6 million people with ID/DD have special needs for their health care, as well as for their education, housing, and vocational training. Estimates of total spending in 2003 for persons with ID/DD were $34.6 billion with expected increased expenditures in the future. People with ID/DD have an increasing average lifespan of 66 years, and within the last 25 years, over 100,000 people have been discharged from state ID/DD facilities into community based facilities, leading to a significantly increased presence in the community. Rates of psychiatric disorders within the ID/DD population areIf you're having problem loading pages
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