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How intellectual disability may bias psychologists' clinical impressions: An examination of diagnostic overshadowing

Center:

OH-The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2026

Contact Information:

Marc J. Tasse
[email protected]
614-685-3193

Product Description:

psychologists do recognize the presence of a mental health condition in people with ID, but there may be some reduced accuracy in the specific diagnosis made. The study found little evidence of complete diagnostic overshadowing, but a small bias toward underestimating other mental health conditions when ID was present

Keyword(s):

mental health, (ID), diagnostic overshadowing

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

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To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001367

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