Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 5 Issue 6

Recognition of intellectual disabilities and autism in psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

Elspeth Bradley, Yona Lunsky, Anna Palucka, Soula Homitidis

The purpose of this paper is to determine: the extent to which an intellectual disability diagnosis meets current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM…

Update on neuroimaging findings in autism spectrum disorder

Iain Jordan, Declan Murphy

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been studied as a neurodevelopmental disorder since Leo Kanner's early observations of abnormal head circumference in autistic children. In the…

Asperger syndrome and arson: a case study

Jane Radley, Zakia Shaherbano

People with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) may offend as a result of social skills deficits, co‐morbid mental health problems, abuse of drugs and alcohol, or because of their…

Syndromic classification of seizure disorders and its relevance to intellectual disability epilepsy

Robert Winterhalder

The purpose of this paper is to review the application of a syndromic approach to seizure disorders in intellectual disabilities, in the light of recent advances in research and…

Developing a specialist neuropsychiatric clinic for people with intellectual disabilities

Max Pickard, Bridget MacDonald, Heather Liddiard

The purpose of this paper is to share and report on practice development.

Capacity and competence: limitations on choice and action

Paul Willner

The terms capacity and competence are often used interchangeably, but are actually distinct. This aim of this paper is to clarify the application of these terms, and to illustrate…

Positive Identity Development: An Alternative Treatment Approach for Individuals with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities

Karyn Harvey

Intellectual Disability and Ill Health – A Review of the Evidence

Jean O'Hara, Jane McCarthy, Nick Bouras

Editorial

Jane McCarthy