Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 8 Issue 3

Trauma through the lens of service coordinators: exploring their awareness of adverse life events among adults with intellectual disabilities

John M. Keesler

With an expansion of trauma knowledge in the field of intellectual disabilities (ID) there is a responsibility among service providers to be trauma-informed. Among those providers…

Community dialectical behaviour therapy for emotionally dysregulated adults with intellectual disabilities

Aubrey Baillie, Sean Slater

The purpose of this paper is to reflexively examine the challenges of implementing a community dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) service for adults with intellectual…

Identifying the prevalence of aggressive behaviour reported by Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses in residential intellectual disability services: an Irish perspective

G. Crotty, O. Doody, R. Lyons

Despite the high incidence of aggressive behaviours among some individuals with intellectual disability, Ireland has paid little attention to the prevalence of aggressive…

The importance of developing confidence and self-esteem in children with a learning disability

Hayley Goleniowska

– The purpose of this paper is to look at the importance of self-esteem in individuals with a learning disability.

Getting unstuck along the clinical pathway: an integrated multi-agency approach

Luci Richards, Nwamaka Uchendu, Jean O’Hara

The purpose of this paper is to highlight how the management of an adult with intellectual disabilities and complex medical conditions by a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency…

Integrative psychotherapy in intellectual disabilities: using cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic formulations

Helena Drury, Nadja Alim

This purpose of this paper is to outline how a combination of different psychological models may inform formulation and treatment, and the benefits for the client and the…

Autism spectrum mixed neurodevelopmental disorder associated with 6q27 deletion and multiple copies within 20q11.23: a case study

Stephen Hopkins, Jeremy Turk, Adeniyi Daramola, Marinos Kyriakopoulos

Copy Number Variations (CNVs) are not infrequently observed in aberrant neurodevelopment. CNVs can alter gene expression and have been linked to a wide range of neuropsychiatric…

Editorial

Steve Hardy and Jean O Hara