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Understanding intellectual disability through RASopathies [PDF]

, 2014
Intellectual disability, commonly known as mental retardation in the International Classification of Disease from World Health Organization, is the term that describes an intellectual and adaptive cognitive disability that begins in early life during the
Pagani, Mario Rafael, San Martín, Alvaro   +1 more
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Impact of the initial response to COVID‐19 on long‐term care for people with intellectual disability: an interrupted time series analysis of incident reports

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2020
Background The lockdown‐measures in response to COVID‐19 taken by long‐term care organisations might have impacted problem behaviour and behavioural functioning of people with intellectual disability.
C. Schuengel, J. Tummers, P. Embregts, G. Leusink   +3 more
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Appropriateness of psychotropic medication use in a cohort of adolescents with intellectual disability in Queensland, Australia

BJPsych Open, 2020
Background Psychotropic medications are sometimes used off-label and inappropriately. This may cause harm to adolescents with intellectual disability. However, few studies have analysed off-label or inappropriate prescribing to this group.
Menghuan Song, Robert S. Ware, Tan N. Doan, Lyn McPherson, Julian N. Trollor, David Harley   +5 more
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How can psychiatrists make mental health services more accessible for people with autism?

BJPsych Open, 2021
Unrecognised psychiatric and medical conditions can lead poorer health outcomes, lower health-related quality of life and increased mortality in people with autism, compared with the general population.
Ashok Roy
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Measurement invariance in the assessment of people with an intellectual disability [PDF]

, 2011
Intellectual assessment is central to the process of diagnosing an intellectual disability and the assessment process needs to be valid and reliable. One fundamental aspect of validity is that of measurement invariance, i.e.
Kidd, Gill, MacLean, Hannah, McKenzie, Karen, Murray, Aja Louise, Schwannauer, Matthias   +4 more
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A comparison of the prevalence of health problems among adults with and without intellectual disability: A total administrative population study.

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
INTRODUCTION There is considerable international research indicating health disparities between people with and without intellectual disabilities. It is important that comparative studies use representative population samples. This study compares a total
M. McMahon, C. Hatton
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The changing of the guard: groupwork with people who have intellectual disabilities [PDF]

, 2009
This paper considers the impact of service systems on group activities. It describes an inter-professional groupwork project facilitated by a social worker and a community nurse.
A. McClimens, A. Mullender, B. Nirje, B.W. Tuckman, C. Barnes, C.J.G. Gersick, D. Cardore, D. Herd, D. Ward, D.G. Race, F. Kevan, H. Northen, J. Edge, J. Walmsley, J. Walmsley, K. Nichols, L. Staples, M. Cohen, M. Doel, M. Preston-Shoot, P. Reason, P. Trevithick, P. Williams, R. Burke, R. Smith, R. Townsley, R.J. Stancliffe, S-J. Hays, S. Read, S. Russell, S.H. Chia, T. MacKay, T. Tyson, W. Utting   +33 more
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Ensuring the reproductive rights of women with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Women with intellectual disability experience disparities in sexual and reproductive health care services. Methods: To explore perceptions of caring for persons with disability, including individuals with intellectual disability, we conducted
Nicole D. Agaronnik, Elizabeth Pendo, T. Lagu, Christene DeJong, Aixa M. Pérez-Caraballo, L. Iezzoni   +5 more
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Anesthesia for intellectually disabled

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2017
Anesthetizing an intellectually disabled patient is a challenge due to lack of cognition and communication which makes perioperative evaluation difficult. The presence of associated medical problems and lack of cooperation further complicates the anesthetic technique.
Kapil Chaudhary, Sonia Wadhawan, Preranna Bagharwal   +2 more
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Obesity and intellectual disability [PDF]

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2006
AbstractWhile much of the industrialized world struggles for clues to the growing rise in obesity in their respective countries, researchers and service providers involved in understanding the health characteristics and health behaviors of persons with intellectual disability (ID) struggle with their own issues regarding the increased prevalence of ...
Kiyoshi Yamaki, James H. Rimmer
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