Medication: the last resort. A parent carer's account

Abstract

Three years ago I became part of the guideline development group for the new national guide for prescribing medication for problem behaviours in people with learning disabilities (Deb et al, 2006). I was asked to join this group as a parent, and also in my role of family services manager with a regional autism charity. The following personal account was presented in the series of conferences that were held in the UK in 2006 to launch the national guide.

Citation

Woodcock, L. (2008), "Medication: the last resort. A parent carer's account", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 23-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200800026