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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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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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The Importance of Self-Determination to the Quality of Life of People with Intellectual Disability: A Perspective

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
There is both an intuitive and theoretical link between self-determination and quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
M. Wehmeyer
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Screening for Intellectual Disability in Children: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Early identification of possible intellectual disability can help children and families access appropriate services and support more quickly. There has been an increasing interest in the use of screening tools for this purpose.
McKenzie, Karen, Megson, Paula
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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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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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“Why can’t they be in the community?” A policy and practice analysis of transforming care for offenders with intellectual disability [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe key policy and practice issues regarding a significant subgroup of people with intellectual disability – those with offending behaviour being treated in forensic hospitals.
Alexander, Regi, Chester, Verity, Devapriam, John, McCarthy, Jane, Michael, Dasari, Naseem, Aezad, Rai, Rahul, Roy, Ashok   +7 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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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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Deprivation, ethnicity and the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities [PDF]

, 2012
Background Social gradients and ethnic disparities have been reported in some forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, information on the association between area deprivation, ethnicity and other forms of intellectual and ...
Emerson, Eric
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