Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 6 Issue 2

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) – a survey exploring the views of psychiatrists

Susan Varghese, Aynur Gormez, Tim Andrews, Rachel Griffiths, Matthew Stephenson

Psychiatrists are among the front‐line professionals involved in the implementation of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS). This paper aims to explore how the safeguards are…

Use of restraint for the management of challenging behaviour in children with intellectual disabilities

Krishna Menon, Raghavendra Baburaj, Sarah Bernard

This review seeks to provide an overview of the current research evidence on the use of restraint as an intervention in managing challenging behaviours in relation to children…

Treatment of erotomania using cognitive behavioural psychotherapy approaches

Anne Desnoyers Hurley

This case report seeks to describe successful treatment of erotomania using cognitive behavioural psychotherapy in concert with community support providers applying similar…

Psychosis in polycystic ovary syndrome – dilemmas in management

Rohit Gumber, Tracy Hobbs, Bridget Cryer‐Rolley, Asit Biswas

Mental health problems, particularly psychotic symptoms, are associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) which may be linked to oestrogen signalling cascade following a…

Payment by Results in intellectual disability services – a vehicle for personalising healthcare

Ashok Roy, Sabyasachi Bhaumik

Needs led person centred services are the hallmark of high quality intellectual disability services. Commissioning mechanisms such as Payment by Results (PbR) have been…

Establishing a database for proactive screening of adults with Down's syndrome: when services work together

Ben Hobson, Diane Webb, Lynda Sprague, Moni Grizzell, Cliff Hawkins, Susan M. Benbow

This paper describes a service improvement project with two aims: to identify and screen all adults with Down's syndrome aged over 30 years in a defined locality using a…

Editorial

Jean O'Hara, Steve Hardy