... was set up in a Medium Secure Forensic Intellectual Disability hospital. The hospital team were keen to develop novel approaches to support quicker progress through and discharges from hospital, in line with the Transforming Care Agenda (2015). This purpose of this study was to provide some evidence about...

... service users with intellectual disabilities. Technology, originally designed for use with older adults to reduce isolation, was trialled by the learning disability ( LD ) service in an NHS Trust. The pilot was exploratory, giving staff and service users the opportunity to experiment and find potential...

...Ashley Grant; Cathy Randle-Phillips Purpose Many people with intellectual disabilities experience complex trauma, but there is little guidance to inform intervention. This case study reports the use of Imagery rescripting (ImRs) to support an adult with an intellectual disability to recover from...

...James Michael Sterritt; Alison Whight Purpose Pharmacological management of aggressive challenging behaviour (ACB) in people with intellectual disabilities ordinarily prioritises the use of antipsychotics, which have significant adverse effects. Antidepressant prescribing for this indication...

...Yuliya Bodryzlova; Ashley J. Lemieux; Evelyne Robert-Berger; Marie-Joëlle Braconnier; Geneviève Pinard; Diane Morin; Anne G. Crocker Purpose This study is a part of a larger project aimed at reviewing clinical, care and managerial practices for people with intellectual disability or autism...

...Gerda de Kuijper; Mette Heringa; Shoumitro Deb Purpose In intellectual disability healtcare, providing accessible information on treatment proposals is a necessary part of shared decision-making. However, although the medication use of especially psychotropic drugs is high, people...

...Shaw Tearle; Gareth Hickman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the transitional experiences of adult men with mild intellectual disabilities (ID) and histories of sexual/violent offending, as they resettle into the community from secure hospital settings. Design...

...Marianne Durand; Naomi Shenton; Alex James-Williams; Mary Hanna Purpose There is a high prevalence of individuals with intellectual disabilities experiencing restrictive practices in the community. A quality improvement initiative instructed clinicians in community intellectual disability services...

...Sadie Clarke; Andy Smith; Verity Chester; Elizabeth Patteril; Regi Alexander Purpose Government policy in the UK is emphasising a shift from inpatient to community-based management of those with intellectual disabilities and forensic needs. However, community services can be reluctant to accept...

...Marianne Durand; Mary Hanna; Rachel Mills Purpose This paper aims to describe characteristics of individuals known to an integrated intensive support team (IST) for adults with intellectual disabilities (age, sex, ethnicity, level of intellectual disability, diagnoses). This paper also aims...

...Rohan Morris; Laura Chadwick; Syeda Hasan; Ameera Iqbal; Dipti Patil Purpose This study aims to explore the experiences of professional carers for people with intellectual disabilities who were “at risk” of hospital admission and to identify factors which were helpful or restrictive in the support...

...Tharshini N.K. Purpose Mate crime is a recently coined term in which a perpetrator befriends a vulnerable person to exploit them. The present study aims to investigate this phenomenon by examining mate crime victimization against individuals with intellectual disability in Sarawak, Malaysia...

...Trine Lise Bakken; Jane Margrete Askeland Hellerud; Svein Eirik Skaale; Monica Augustin; Arne-Henrik Elvehaug Purpose The UKU Side Effect Rating Scale for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (UKU-SERS-ID) was developed to detect side effects in patients with intellectual disabilities who receive...

...Alvaro Moraleda Ruano; Diego Galán-Casado Purpose The purpose of this study is to delve into societal stigma surrounding severe mental disorders and intellectual disabilities, emphasizing gender differences and students’ proximity influence. Design/methodology/approach Involving 572 Spanish...

... intellectual disability. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a high prevalence of intellectual disability. Challenging behaviors in autism spectrum disorder are very common. In recent years, the hypothesis that the symptoms of autism derive from a deficiency of the inhibitory...

...Mehri Moradi; Razieh Salehian; Bonnie Bozorg; Mina Bozorg Purpose This study aims to report the effectiveness of family based treatment and pharmacotherapy on an adolescent boy with anorexia nervosa and intellectual disability. Design/methodology/approach The authors reported the case of a 16...

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... re-use rights only Developmental disabilities Intellectual disability Mental health Psychiatric services Interprofessional education Interprofessional care Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have increased health care and social service usage due...

...Lucy Jade Jones; Ceri Woodrow Purpose The purpose of this clinical audit was to review the adherence to the 2017 care and treatment review policy across two NHS assessment and treatment units. Care and treatment reviews should be offered to people with an intellectual disability and/or autism who...

...Susanne Meddings; Mahesh Odiyoor; Holly Eick; Katie Kavanagh; Sujeet Jaydeokar Purpose There are no existing tools to capture resources needed to support people with intellectual disability in an inpatient setting on an individual patient basis. The purpose of this paper is to describe...