2013 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-01-2014-007

2013 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 8, Issue 1

The following article was selected for this years Outstanding Paper Award for Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

"Challenging behaviour: the causes (part II)"

Stella Koritsas
Senior Research Fellow at The Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Teresa Iacono
Professor of Rural and Regional Allied Health, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of the dominant approaches used to explain causes of challenging behaviour.
Design/methodology/approach This paper is the second in a two-part series. It presents the causes of challenging behaviour according to the three theoretical approaches that have dominated the literature: applied behaviour analysis, biological factors, and psychiatric disorders.
Findings It is apparent that the causes of challenging behaviour are likely to be complex and involve multiple factors. The approaches that have dominated the literature focus on single causes and do not explore possible interactions between various causes. Given the shortcomings of existing approaches, a fourth approach, the biopsychosocial model, is proposed as an alternative model to explain the causes of challenging behaviour.
Originality/value This paper is the most recent of only a few providing an overview of the various approaches that seek to explain the causes of challenging behaviour.

Keywords Adults, Causes, Challenging behaviour, Intellectual disability, Learning disabilities, Review

This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 5, 2012, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award

"Prevalence of anxiety disorder in children and young people with intellectual disabilities and autism"

Ereny Gobrial
The School of Education, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Raghu Raghavan
The School of Health, Community and Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 3, 2012, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

"Helping to keep safe"

Peter Cronin and Liam Peyton
The Estia Centre, London, UK

This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 6, 2012, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Outstanding Reviewer

Dr Simon Bonell