“…However, the rate of mental health problems in our sample was higher than reported by other studies on mental health problems in people with ID. International studies have reported the prevalence of mental health problems to be 31-50% in children and adolescents with ID (Dekker & Koot, 2003;Dekker, Koot, van der Ende, & Verhulst, 2002;Emerson, 2003;Emerson & Hatton, 2007;Linna et al, 1999;Molteno, Molteno, Finchilescu, & Dawes, 2001;Strømme & Diseth, 2000). Cooper et al (2007) concluded that the prevalence of mental health problems in adults with ID is 16-41%, and in adults with MID the prevalence is 34.4%.…”