Table 2.
Disability community prevalence of mental disorders.
| Disabling condition | Prevalence within disability communities | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MS | MDD - 46% Anxiety - 16.5% Bipolar - 2.4% Schizophrenia -.2% |
Marrie RA, Horwitz R, Cutter G, Tyry T, Campagnolo D, Vollmer T, 2009 (33) |
| ALS | MDD - 17% | Zucchi E, Ticozzi N, Mandrioli J, 2019 (34) |
| Mild/Moderate Cerebral Palsya | Anxiety Disorders - 19.5% Mood Disorders - 19.5% Schizophrenia - 2.8% |
Whitney DG, Warschausky SA, Ng S, Hurvitz EA, Kamdar NS, Peterson MD, 2019 (35)a |
| Spinal cord injury | MDD - 20-30% Anxiety - 13.2–40% PTSD - 7.1–26.6% |
Post M, van Leeuwen, C, 2012 (36) |
| Traumatic brain injury | MDD - 24.5% Anxiety - 24.5% Bipolar - ~1.6% Schizophrenia - 4.0% PTSD - 16.5% Substance Use Disorder - 11.5% |
Rogers JM, Read CA, 2007 (37) |
| Deafnessb | Anxiety Disorders - 18.7% Bipolar - 3.7% Impulse control disorders - 15.8% Substance Use Disorders 27.8% ADHD - 11.2% |
Diaz DR, Landsberger SA, Povlinski J, Sheward J, Sculley C, 2013 (38)b |
| Blindnessc | MDD - 18.2% Anxiety Disorders - 14.3% Schizophrenia - 1.4% Alcohol Misuse - 3.3% Psychoactive Substance Misuse - 12.9% Anorexia or Bulimia -.5% |
Court H, McLean G, Guthrie B, Mercer SW, Smith DJ, 2014 (39)c |
a
Statistics in this table reflect the statistics for men with CP in this article.
b
This article is focused on a population in outpatient psychiatric care.
c
This article is focused on patients 65 and older in the UK.
The authors thank Jacob Kramer, an MSW student at Rhode Island College for helping bring these errors to our attention, particularly with regard to the D/deaf community.