...Alice Shelton; Samuel Joseph Tromans; Sabyasachi Bhaumik; Reza Kiani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges of assessment and management of psychotic symptoms in a background of intellectual disability (ID) and treatment-resistant epilepsy caused by a genetic syndrome...

... suggested that trauma such as sexual or physical abuse, epilepsy, intellectual disability and stressful life events may contribute to the development of PNES (Reuber, 2005). There is currently no widely accepted psychological model for PNES, however, Goldstein et al. (2004) suggest that, due...

... and to identify training needs. Design/methodology/approach Management of seizures in people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy comes with its challenges. Although there are clear guidelines for the same, implementing them in the community, especially in the non‐health sector setting, raises...

...Robert Winterhalder Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the application of a syndromic approach to seizure disorders in intellectual disabilities, in the light of recent advances in research and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Report on classification in 2010...

... sensory impairments, mild intellectual disability, epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder who developed a psychotic illness. The report focuses on the use of psychotropic medication in this man and discusses the issues regarding psychotropic medication that need to be considered with service users...