... the performance. Practical implications Recognising MID/BIF in mental health care is essential but challenging for clinicians. The authors concluded that screening with the SCIL allows clinicians to identify patients with MID/BIF at an early stage of their admission, which helps to individualise treatment...

... Reliability Screening Intellectual disabilities Validity Psychotropic medication Side effects The present study examines the reliability and validity of the UKU-SERS-ID. The original UKU-SERS is used as a semi-structured interview by psychiatrists or experienced nurses, and was validated...

...Dr Jane McCarthy and Dr John Devapriam; Iain McKinnon; Julie Thorp; Don Grubin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First to ascertain the efficacy of current police reception screening to detect detainees with intellectual disability (ID). Second to assess the validity of a short...

... Screening Diagnosis Assessment Teams Health services Mental health services Diagnostic testing Diagnoses using ICD10 and DSM4 agree reasonably well (Kopra et al., 2008 ; Mattila et al., 2007) though they have different styles for setting out the decision criteria, with ICD10...

...Ben Hobson; Diane Webb; Lynda Sprague; Moni Grizzell; Cliff Hawkins; Susan M. Benbow Purpose This paper describes a service improvement project with two aims: to identify and screen all adults with Down's syndrome aged over 30 years in a defined locality using a standardised instrument...