...Nicole Edwards; Julie King; Hanna Watling; Sara Amy Hair Purpose The purpose of this paper is to produce the views of parents and siblings of adults with intellectual or developmental disability (ID/DD) around the use of psychotropic medication to manage challenging behaviour (CB) where...

...Niki Edwards; Chris Bain; Allyson Mutch; Julie Dean; Nicholas Lennox Purpose – Simple linear accounts of prescribing do not adequately address reasons “why” doctors prescribe psychotropic medication to people with intellectual disability (ID). Greater understanding of the complex array of factors...

...John Lalor; Liz Poulson Purpose – Adults with intellectual disabilities are the most psychotropically medicated population of all. Non-medically trained care staff with whom these individuals spend the majority of their time are generally poorly trained in issues surrounding psychotropic...