Women with intellectual disability in secure settings and their mental health needs

Elizabeth Beber

doi:10.1108/20441281211227247

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Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

ISSN: 2044-1282
Previously published as: Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Online from: 2010

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Women with intellectual disability in secure settings and their mental health needs

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Title:	Women with intellectual disability in secure settings and their mental health needs
Author(s):	Elizabeth Beber, (Based at St Andrews Healthcare, Northampton, UK)
Citation:	Elizabeth Beber, (2012) "Women with intellectual disability in secure settings and their mental health needs", Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 6 Iss: 3, pp.151 - 158
Keywords:	Intellectual disability, Learning disability, Mental health services, Offending, Secure services, United Kingdom, Women
Article type:	General review
DOI:	10.1108/20441281211227247 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Purpose – This article aims to describe the development of secure services for women with intellectual disability in the UK and to outline what is known about their mental health needs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a general review which is based on what is known historically about the subject, findings from the current literature and the author's own personal knowledge of these specialist services. Findings – Secure services for women with intellectual disability have developed out of mainstream forensic and learning disability services. Originality/value – Although there is a reasonable body of literature on offending in the intellectually disabled population as a whole, little of this is specific to women. Despite this, the evidence there is suggests that women continue to require secure services and that they have significant mental health needs.