[Family Burden in the Case of Intellectual Disability and a Comorbid Mental Disorder].

Objective: Within the MEMENTA-study informal caregivers of grown-up persons with an intellectual disability (ID) with and without a comorbid mental disorder were interviewed. Main outcomes were family burden, quality of life, psychiatric symptomatology and problem behavior.
Methods: The sample consisted of 123 informal caregivers.
Results: Problem behavior was associated with a higher family burden than psychiatric symptomatology.
Conclusion: Rather than mental disorders, problem behavior seemed to be more relevant for the experience of family burden. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.