Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: Volume 2 Issue 2
Table of contents
Equality and access to human rights for people with both learning disability and mental illness needs
Annette Lawson, Renee Francis, Philippa Russell, Janet VeitchGovernments mediate, through their architecture of machinery and policy, access to rights and, by extension, to services. There is limited but growing recognition in both the UK…
Why should I care about gender?
Jean O'HaraWomen have been discriminated against throughout history. Despite international efforts, there remain significant inequalities between men and women. In some countries women are…
Sex, relationships and the law for people with learning disability
Ian Hall, Evan YacoubThe article reviews the policy, legislation and literature on sex and relationships for people with learning disability, through a search of electronic databases, journals and…
Inter‐relationships between hearing impairment, learning disability services and mental health: are learning disability services ‘deaf’ to hearing impairments?
Helen Miller, Reza KianiPrevalence of hearing impairment is quite common in people with learning disabilities (double jeopardy). However, this debilitating co‐morbidity remains largely undetected by…
People with learning disabilities and mental health problems: the impact of ethnicity
Jane McCarthy, Ghazala Mir, Steve WrightThere is increasing awareness of the needs of people with learning disabilities from different ethnic communities. This paper focuses on the impact of ethnicity on the…
Spirituality, mental health and people with learning disabilities
Dave Ferguson, Jayne ScottSpirituality has started to attract increased interest in the mental health arena over recent years. Indeed, psychiatrists are becoming more interested in spirituality because of…
Access to palliative care services by people with learning disabilities: is there equity?
Irene Tuffrey‐Wijne, Leopold Curfs, Sheila HollinsThis paper explores access to palliative care services by people with learning disabilities. It is based on a study of specialist palliative care professionals in London…
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Niki EdwardsThis case study describes the use of antipsychotic medication by an adult woman with learning disabilities. The study first provides detailed clinical information about Jane…