Aging with a Dual Diagnosis: Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and/or Severe Mental Health Problems (R7)
Principal Investigator: Jan Greenberg, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator(s): Marsha Seltzer, PhD, Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, PhD

Goals:

• Conduct secondary analyses of data from two longitudinal studies of families of individuals with autism and schizophrenia to identify challenges facing aging families who have an adult child with a dual diagnosis (DD and mental health) and compare them to families of individuals with a single diagnosis
• Examine the differential impact of coping and social support on well-being of families of adults with single versus dual diagnosis
• Identify special challenges faced by African American families caring for an adult with a dual diagnosis