--- abstract: "Purpose of review \r\nThe aim of this article is to present and critically evaluate recent research on life events and traumatic experiences as predictors of psychopathology in people with intellectual \r\ndisability. \r\n\r\nRecent ﬁndings \r\nThe area has not developed signiﬁcantly in the last years. Although life events have been associated with a range of mental health problems, only few studies have tried to clarify their role in psychopathology. It is often the case that differences between life events and traumatic experiences have been overlooked, mainly because establishing a clear cut-off point between the two types of events is not always possible. In addition, traumatic experiences per se, and as potential predictors of psychopathology, have been scarcely investigated in people with intellectual disability. \r\n\r\nSummary \r\nThe role of recent life events and traumatic experiences across the life-span of people with intellectual disability deserves more research. An outstanding question is whether these events are risk factors or triggering factors, as well as how to differentiate between traumatic and life events. Identifying possible protective factors for mental health seems to be a very promising line for future research with important clinical implications. \r\n" altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Tsakanikos given: 'Elias ' honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Martorell given: Almudena honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2008 date_type: published datestamp: 2011-03-11 22:27:32 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/72/28 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 7228 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/7228/1/Traumatic_experiences_COP_2008.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: "intellectual disability, life events, mental health, psychopathology, traumatic \r\nexperiences, vulnerability models \r\n" lastmod: 2011-03-11 22:27:32 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Traumatic experiences and life events in people with intellectual disability publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 19 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2011-03-11 22:27:32 subjects: - clin-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: "Traumatic experiences and life events in people with \r\nintellectual disability" type: journalp userid: 5051 volume: ~