Key references: Mental health and behaviour in people with Down syndrome

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  • Evans E, Trollor J. Dementia in people with intellectual disability: Guidelines for Australian GPs. Sydney: Faculty of Medicine, The Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry 3DN; 2018. https://3dn.unsw.edu.au/content/health-mental-health-professionals
  • Lyons A, Allen NM, Flanagan O, Cahalane D. Catatonia as a feature of Down syndrome: An under-recognised entity? Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2020;25:187–90. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31959555
  • McGlinchey E, Reilly E, McCallion P, Dunne P, Mulryan N, Carroll R, et al. Dementia and intellectual disability: Prevalence, assessment and post-diagnostic support. In: Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2019. p. 965–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20843-1_51
  • Miles JH, Takahashi N, Muckerman J, Nowell KP, Ithman M. Catatonia in Down syndrome: systematic approach to diagnosis, treatment and outcome assessment based on a case series of seven patients. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2019;15:2723–41. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31571888
  • Oxelgren UW, Myrelid A, Anneren G, Ekstam B, Goransson C, Holmbom A, et al. Prevalence of autism and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Down syndrome: a population-based study. Dev Med Child Neurol 2017;59(3):276–83. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27503703
  • Worley G, Crissman BG, Cadogan E, Milleson C, Adkins DW, Kishnani PS. Down syndrome disintegrative disorder: New-onset autistic regression, dementia, and insomnia in older children and adolescents with Down syndrome. J Child Neurol 2015;30(9):1147–52. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25367918