Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
Behavioural phenotypes: their applicability to children and young people who have learning disabilities
Jeremy TurkThe area of behavioural phenotype research and related clinical practice is now recognised as one of high relevance to all practitioners who help people with learning…
Parents with learning disabilities ‐ the assessment of parenting ability
Sarah BernardThere is increasing awareness of the needs of parents who have a learning disability with the emphasis being on the requirement to provide ‘good enough’ parenting to their…
A psychiatrist's guide to foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy
Ron Gray, Raja MukherjeeFoetal alcohol spectrum disorders describes a group of disorders caused by the consumption of prenatal alcohol. The range of outcomes and the clinical management of these…
Services for young people with learning disabilities and mental health needs from South Asian communities
Raghu Raghavan, Fozia WaseemChildren and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems from black and minority ethnic communities face barriers in accessing services. This paper…
Mental health, learning disabilities and adolescence: a developmental perspective
Angela Hassiotis, Diana BarronThis article examines the prevalence of mental disorders in a community and clinic population of adolescents with learning disabilities in one catchment area (in the UK). A two…
FraX‐E: underdiagnosed, undertreated, under‐researched and misunderstood?
Laura Freeman, Jeremy TurkThis article focuses on the consequences of having FraX‐E, the rare but well recognised variant of fragile X syndrome. The authors provide some background on the condition and…
Investigating staff knowledge and attitudes towards working with adults with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties
Nikki Rose, Alex O'Brien, John RoseThis research aimed to investigate staff knowledge and attitudes towards working with adults with both a learning disability and a mental health difficulty. Government policy in…
The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities in Britain
Eric Emerson, Chris HattonThis article provides a summary of a report, The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities in Britain (Emerson & Hatton, 2007). This report, based on…
The CANDLE Project ‐ CAMHS and New Directions in Learning Disability and Ethnicity
David GrundySignificantly more young people who have learning disabilities suffer from mental health problems than the general population for this age group (Borthwick‐Duffy, 1994, Emerson &…