Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 13 Issue 6

Establishing the concurrent validity of the Clinical Outcome in Routine Evaluation-Learning Disabilities scale

Henry Briscoe, Sarah Ashworth, Lyn Shelton

Individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) develop mental health difficulties at similar rates to individuals in the general population. Using Patient Reported Outcome…

Enhancing care: simplified clinic letters

Rebecca Gove, Sidney Htut, Mo Eyeoyibo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the content and style of clinic letters written by psychiatrists and to compare these with national guidelines and standards. To then…

Two cases of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy leading to rapid psychological improvement in people with intellectual disabilities

Mark A. Oliver, Matthew Selman, Samuel Brice, Rebecca Alegbo

The purpose of this paper is to show that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may have utility with this client group in routine clinical practice.

Current evidence for the identification and management of premenstrual syndrome in women with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review

Nina C. Cooper, Deepa Balachandran Nair, Sile Egan, Andrew Barrie, Bhathika Perera

Intellectual disability (ID) is prevalent in 1 per cent of the population. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects up to 5 per cent of the general population of adult women…

A case to ruminate on: vomiting and weight loss in intellectual disability and autism

Shaista Mufti

The purpose of this paper is to review a case of a man with intellectual disability, autism and challenging behaviour who presented with vomiting, regurgitations and significant…