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Improving access to Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Aims Improving access to Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service (ILDS) using quality improvement (QI) methodology by reducing the time taken to complete eligibility assessment by 50% by April 2021, while improving service user and staff ...
David Prior, Ian Hall, Jessica Spiers, Osama Omrani, Kirsty Haberland, Anwar Kabir, Candace Sinclair, Tom Woods, Laura Checkley   +8 more
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disability: statistical approach to developing a bespoke screening tool

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common among people with intellectual disability. Diagnosing ADHD in this clinically and cognitively complex and diverse group is difficult, given the overlapping psychiatric and behavioural ...
Indermeet Sawhney, Bhathika Perera, Paul Bassett, Asif Zia, Regi T Alexander, Rohit Shankar   +5 more
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Implementing proposed reforms of the Mental Health Act for people with intellectual disability and autism: the perspective of multidisciplinary professionals in intellectual disability teams

BJPsych Open, 2022
Background A recent government white paper sets out proposals for reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). Some of these proposals affect people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
Bharat Velani, Indermeet Sawhney, Regi T. Alexander, Sophie Shardlow, Asif Zia   +4 more
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A structural equation mediation model captures the predictions amongst the parameters of the ease of language understanding model

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to assess the validity of the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model through a statistical assessment of the relationships among its main parameters: processing speed, phonology, working memory (WM), and dB ...
Lina Homman, Lina Homman, Henrik Danielsson, Henrik Danielsson, Jerker Rönnberg, Jerker Rönnberg   +5 more
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A decrease in physiological arousal accompanied by stable behavioral performance reflects task habituation

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Despite the evidence of a positive relationship between task demands and listening effort, the Framework for Understanding Effortful Listening (FUEL) highlights the important role of arousal on an individual’s choice to engage in challenging listening ...
Andreea Micula, Andreea Micula, Jerker Rönnberg, Yue Zhang, Elaine Hoi Ning Ng, Elaine Hoi Ning Ng   +5 more
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Assistive Technology Use and Provision During COVID-19: Results From a Rapid Global Survey [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all segments of society, but it has posed particular challenges for the inclusion of persons with disabilities, those with chronic illness and older people regarding their ...
Emma M. Smith, Maria Luisa Toro Hernandez, Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Elena V. Syurina, Giulia Barbareschi, Krista L. Best, Jamie Danemayer, Ben Oldfrey, Nuha Ibrahim, Catherine Holloway, Malcolm MacLachlan   +10 more
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Psychopathology in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

European Psychiatry, 2022
Background: A review describing the mental health needs of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) published just over 10 years ago found that those with ID and ASD were more vulnerable to psychiatric disorders than ...
J. Mccarthy
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Terminology of learning disability [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1997
Rachel Davey
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The Effects of Working Memory Load on Auditory Distraction in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Cognitive control provides us with the ability to inter alia, regulate the locus of attention and ignore environmental distractions in accordance with our goals.
Rina Blomberg, Rina Blomberg, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Carine Signoret, Carine Signoret, Henrik Danielsson, Henrik Danielsson, Jerker Rönnberg, Jerker Rönnberg, Jerker Rönnberg   +11 more
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Evidence of an Effect of Gaming Experience on Visuospatial Attention in Deaf but Not in Hearing Individuals

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Auditory cortex in congenitally deaf early sign language users reorganizes to support cognitive processing in the visual domain. However, evidence suggests that the potential benefits of this reorganization are largely unrealized. At the same time, there
Emil Holmer, Mary Rudner, Krister Schönström, Josefine Andin   +3 more
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