...Neil Douglas A fictionalised case report is used to highlight the author's experience of antenatal screening for Down's syndrome in a primary care setting. The case of a Bangladeshi woman who has a strongly positive result for a screening test for which she has not given informed consent...

... an active area of ongoing research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Learning disabilities Dementia Down's syndrome Anti‐dementia drugs REVIEW Pharmacological treatment of dementia in people with learning disabilities Vee Prasher Professor of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, Liverpool...

...Dimitrios Paschos; Michael Mwim; Virginia Essam; Jane McCarthy We report a case of a person with Down's syndrome presenting with symptoms of depression and symptoms of an atypical eating disorder. Significant challenges and dilemmas were encountered during his assessment and treatment. Twenty years...

... population. In addition, people with Down's syndrome have high rates of early onset Alzheimer's disease. Assessment of dementia in people with learning disabilities is confounded by pre‐existing cognitive and functional impairments and high rates of comorbid disorders. This paper discusses assessment...

...Bruce McCreary This article describes the use of tryptophan in treating challenging behaviours in persons with Down's syndrome in case studies with four subjects. In each case, challenging behaviours such as hitting, kicking, slapping and hair‐pulling, previously unresponsive to other pharmacologic...

...Mo Eyeoyibo; Haroula Konstantinidou This is a case report of a patient with Down's syndrome and moderate learning disabilities presenting with an acute psychotic episode in the context of hyperthyroidism as well as vitiligo and alopecia. Alongside the case history we present a discussion...