Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 18 Issue 1

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD, trauma, and trauma related symptoms in children with intellectual disabilities: a general review

Chloe Louise Williamson, Kelly Rayner-Smith

This paper aims to discuss the utility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a treatment for children with intellectual disabilities (ID) who have…

Assessing adherence to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence dementia assessment and diagnosis guidelines in adults with intellectual disability: a retrospective cohort study

Caroline Duncan, Ewan Wilkinson, Sujeet Jaydeokar, Daniel James Acton

This study aims to evaluate the dementia assessment and diagnosis care provided to adults with intellectual disability. The authors selected recommendations from the National…

To say (sexual fetish)… or not to say (sexual fetish). That is the question

Robert John Searle

In a recent report the author wrote about a service user, the author was challenged by the service user’s advocate in respect of the author’s use of the term “sexual fetish”. The…

Kind minds: using the ‘compassionate kitbag’ in a compassion focused therapy group for adults with intellectual disabilities

Andy Busfield, Charlotte Peters, Karen McKenzie

This paper aims to describe and evaluate the impact of a compassion-focused therapy (CFT) group for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID).

Personality in individuals with mild intellectual disability to borderline intellectual functioning: a comparative study

Kim Lie Sam Foek-Rambelje, Kirsten Copier, Robert Didden, Esmay Haacke, Paul van der Heijden, Jos Egger

This study aims to investigate the distinctive personality traits and characteristics of individuals with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) and mild intellectual…