Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 15 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Deborah Morris

A systematic review of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with people with intellectual disabilities: an unsafe gap in the literature

Chloe Crompton, Bethany Duncan, Graham Simpson-Adkins

This paper aims to systematically review the available evidence that explores adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in people with intellectual disabilities (PwID). It is important…

Drawing in not encouraging away: systemic team formulation to support the trauma-informed care of a lady with intellectual disabilities, in the context of COVID-19

Nicola Gregson, Claire Delaney

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study using a systemic team formulation approach, in the context of supporting a women with intellectual disabilities with a history…

Compassion in custody: developing a trauma sensitive intervention for men with developmental disabilities who have convictions for sexual offending

Jon Taylor

This paper aims to provide a description of a trauma sensitive intervention for men who have committed sexual offences. The intervention aims to support men to process and make…

Developing trauma-informed care: using psychodynamic concepts to help staff respond to the attachment needs of survivors of trauma

Emma Rye, Joanna Anderson, Max Pickard

Many referrals to our mental health of learning disability service focus on concerns about behaviours that present risks to the referred person and to those around them, including…

Profiling referrals to a trauma support service: needs and outcomes for staff working in a secure adult developmental disorder pathway

Elanor Lucy Webb, Annette Greenwood, Abbey Hamer, Vicky Sibley

Forensic health-care workers are frequently exposed to behaviours that challenge and traumatic material, with notably high levels in developmental disorder (DD) services. The…

A survey of complex trauma in families who have children and adults who have a learning disability and/or autism

Peter Baker, Vivien Cooper, Winnie Tsang, Isabelle Garnett, Noelle Blackman

There is an established literature supporting the idea that families who have children and adults who have a learning disability and/or autism have a greater vulnerability to…