Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 6 Issue 6
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formerly Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesTable of contents - Special Issue: Assessing risk and informed decision making
Guest Editors: Eddie Chaplin
Developing the leave/abscond risk assessment (LARA) from the absconding literature: an aide to risk management in secure services
Dave Hearn, David Ndegwa, Philip Norman, Natalie Hammond, Eddie ChaplinLeave is an important part of life for both patients and clinicians in secure mental health and learning disability settings. Patients breaching leave conditions (i.e. absconding…
Helping to keep safe
Peter Cronin, Liam PeytonThe aim of this paper is to consider risk from the perspective of people with learning disabilities.
Capacity to choose and refuse? A case study
Susan Guthrie, Hazel Roddam, Sharmin Panna, Gordon FairburnThis paper aims to present the distinctive roles and perspectives of the members of a multidisciplinary team supporting a man with multiple diagnoses who was under Section by the…
Assessing risk in services for people with intellectual disability
Evan Yacoub, Richard LathamThe purpose of this paper is to make recommendations for practitioners on risk assessment in relation to people with intellectual disability.
Autism spectrum disorders and offending
Santhana Gunasekaran, Eddie ChaplinThis paper seeks to offer a general review of offending and autism spectrum disorders from both the authors' perception of the media portrayal and the current evidence based…
Assessment and management of risk in autism
Santhana GunasekaranThis paper aims to describe the issues in risk assessment and management of autism spectrum disorders in secure hospital settings with reference to best practice guidance.
Rapid risk assessment in acute hospital for patients with intellectual disabilities
Stevie Read, Tristan JohnsonThere is significant literature to demonstrate that people with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk of premature death, however there is relatively little evidence of…
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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