Abstract
This pilot study described the prevalence of challenging behaviour and psychopathology in clients with learning disabilities (N = 98) who lived in three different residential settings (hospitals, families and community residential homes) in one English health district. Ninety-eight carers were interviewed on the clinical profile ol the clients. using the Disability Assessment Schedule, the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist and Psychopathology Inventory for Mentally Retarded Adults. The results showed that the disabilities of all clients in the three residential settings were similar, apart from some significant differences in vision, reading, writing and counting skills. All of their challenging behaviour was a problem only to a slight degree and no significant difference was found across residential settings. Further analyses on the challenging behaviour causing problems to a slight degree were carried out. All clients could be diagnosed as suffering from inappropriate adjustment. Correlation coefficients showed significant relationships between chaIlenging behaviour and psychopathology in the three residential settings, especially among community residential home clients.
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