Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 7 Issue 1
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Back to the future: developing competent residential services for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour
Edwin JonesThe purpose of this paper is to provide a viewpoint on what needs to be done to develop competent residential services for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging…
Evaluation of medical students' attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities: a naturalistic study in one medical school
Amanda Sinai, Andre Strydom, Angela HassiotisIt is increasingly recognised that people with intellectual disabilities have poorer access to health care. One of the recommendations from the independent report, Healthcare for…
Support workers' knowledge about dementia: a vignette study
Daniel L. Herron, Helena M. PriestIt is widely acknowledged that people with intellectual disabilities are highly likely to experience mental health problems, but that support workers' knowledge and skill in this…
Quality of life in pharmacological intervention on autism spectrum disorders
Marco Bertelli, Micaela Piva Merli, Michele Rossi, Stefano Lassi, Annamaria Bianco, Julie ColangeloIn psychiatry the concept of quality of life (QoL) has gradually acquired importance and interest, becoming a valuable outcome for many clinical trials. In pharmacological…
Satisfaction with a child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) intellectual disability service
Rebecca Chilvers, Suzannah Gratton, Sarah H. BernardThe purpose of this paper is to assess whether a tier four mental health of child and adolescent intellectual disability service was meeting the complex needs of children and…
Cognitive behavioural therapy and the impact of internalised societal discourses in people with intellectual disabilities: a case example
Louise Gerry, Jason CrabtreeWhilst there is a growing evidence base for the use of cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) for people with intellectual disabilities, there may be challenges to using an…
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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