Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 5 Issue 1
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formerly Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesTable of contents
Vulnerability to depression in adolescents with intellectual disabilities
Hannah Kiddle, Dave DagnanThis paper examines how developmental risk factors associated with depression in typically developing adolescents may interact with the particular life experience of adolescents…
Transition from children and adolescent to adult mental health services for young people with intellectual disabilities: a scoping study of service organisation problems
Axel KaehneTransitions for young people with intellectual disabilities have received much attention from researchers. Little is known, however, about how mental health services link with…
Psychological and developmental aspects of Shwachman‐Diamond syndrome: a case study
Mona Botros, Nicole Letch, Jeremy TurkThis report explores the relationship between the autosomal recessive disorder Schwachman‐Diamond syndrome (SDS) and neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit…
Evaluation of treatment outcomes from a medium secure unit for people with intellectual disability
Regi Alexander, Avinash Hiremath, Verity Chester, Fatima Green, Ignatius Gunaratna, Sudeep HoareThe aim of the project was to evaluate the short‐term treatment outcomes of patients treated in a medium secure service for people with intellectual disability. A total of 138…
An audit of a smoking cessation programme for people with an intellectual disability resident in a forensic unit
Verity Chester, Fatima Green, Regi AlexanderThis paper briefly reviews the literature on smoking and smoking cessation programmes for people with intellectual disability, and describes the baseline audit of such a programme…
Autism and autistic traits in people exposed to heavy prenatal alcohol: data from a clinical series of 21 individuals and nested case control study
Raja Mukherjee, Michael Layton, Evan Yacoub, Jeremy TurkAssociations between fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and other conditions have been reported, but the links between FAS and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) remain unclear. This…
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2044-1282Renamed from:
Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesOnline date, start – end:
2010Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Ken Courtenay