Maltrato juvenil en discapacitados intelectuales, su relación con la comorbilidad psiquiátrica

Abstract

Children and teenagers with intellectual disability are a complex issue within the society and for the medical practice. Determining the more frequent forms of abuse, it's behaving in this particular population, and to evaluate the possible relationship between juvenile abuse and psychiatric comorbidities were the main objectives in this investigation. 99 people with intellectual disability between 5 and 17 year old from three different communities (Felicia, Cocosol and Belen) located at Marianao municipality were selected by monoetapic conglomerate and studied fi rstly trough an analytic study with transversal cut seconded by a differentiated intervention according with the results. Taking into account the sociopsychiatric history, the psychiatric examination, using strictest observational techniques of the patient at home and the school, and applying the tools for diagnosis of infant abuse in this people, we concluded that juvenile abuse was a serious health problem in the studied population: negligence and carelessness the main types. The relationship between infant abuse and psychiatric co-morbities was demonstrated.