Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 13 Issue 3/4

Special issue on challenging behaviour

Rory Sheehan, Andre Strydom, Angela Hassiotis

“It put control back onto my family situation”: family experiences of positive behaviour support

Sinead Botterill, Susan Cottam, Alex Fowke, Kate Theodore

Positive behaviour support (PBS) is currently considered best practice for managing challenging behaviour in young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A key…

Using positive behavioural support (PBS) for STOMP medication challenge

David Gerrard, Jennifer Rhodes, Ruth Lee, Jonathan Ling

The purpose of this paper is to investigate if positive behavioural support (PBS) can be an effective alternative to medication, and can aid medication reduction in people with a…

Reducing antipsychotic medication in ID using QI methodology

Rebecca Rose Conway, Bhathika Perera, Ken Courtenay, Spyros Tsolakidis, Sheetal Gopal

Research highlights that antipsychotic medications are prescribed more in people with Intellectual Disability (ID) without a diagnosis of severe mental illness. Despite…

Redesigning a community-based challenging behaviour intensive support service

Jasmin White, Matt Symes, Carrie Pearce

The purpose of this paper is to discuss outcomes of a service redesign, involving an Intensive Support Team (IST) for adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour…

Transforming care: developing a community enhanced intervention service

Karin Fuchs, Peggy Ravoux

The purpose of this paper is to present the service model and evaluation of Southwark Enhanced Intervention Service (EIS). EIS is an intensive community service for adults with…

Direct care staff knowledge about medication for individuals with intellectual disabilities

Amanda Sawyer, Johanna Lake, Yona Lunsky

The majority of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are prescribed at least one, if not multiple medications, with psychotropic medications being the most commonly…

Challenging behaviour or untreated ADHD?

Laura Korb, Bhathika Perera, Ken Courtenay

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the possible basis of challenging behaviour (CB) can lie in a treatable neurodevelopmental disorder.

A systematic review of fidelity measurements in complex interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge

Laura Paulauskaite, Angela Hassiotis, Afia Ali

Fidelity data in clinical trials are not only necessary for appraising the internal and external validity, but also could provide useful insights how to improve the application of…