...Rebecca Chester; Eddie Chaplin; Elias Tsakanikos; Jane McCarthy; Nick Bouras; Tom Craig Purpose This study aimed to examine for differences on how symptoms relating to depression and anxiety were reported by males and females with intellectual disability as part of the development of the Self...

...Catherine I. Atnas; Tessa Lippold Purpose This case report aims to describe the treatment of a woman (Rachel) in her twenties who was referred to the community team for people with an intellectual disability by her neurologist as she wanted help with reducing the frequency of psychogenic non...

...Esther Wilcox Purpose This paper aims to share information and reflections on the process of setting up case formulation meetings in a community intellectual disability team supporting adults with intellectual disabilities. Design/methodology/approach The case formulation meeting was set up...

...Lisa Claire Lloyd; Claire Hemming; Derek K. Tracy Purpose Service user involvement in evaluating provided services is a core NHS concept. However individuals with intellectual disabilities have traditionally often had their voices ignored. There have been attempts to redress this, though much work...

... characteristics of specific language impairment and mild intellectual disabilities groups in language acquisition and social competence that make differential early intervention necessary. Design/methodology/approach A total of 143 Greek preschoolers aged 4.5 through 5.5 participated in the study. Among them...

...Vivien Cooper Purpose This paper aims to give an overview of the exposure of abusive practices in services for people with intellectual disabilities, and the resulting inquiries and reports. It also aims to consider the common findings and recommendations and what difference they have made...

...John Tully; Diana Schirliu; Maria Moran Purpose The Diagnostic Criteria for Psychiatric Disorders for Use with Adults with Learning Disabilities/Mental Retardation (DC‐LD) was introduced in 2003 in an attempt to improve accuracy of diagnosis in the intellectual disability population. The paper...