Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 16 Issue 4

Do demographic, and clinical characteristics influence meeting NICE quality standards for young people transitioning to adult intellectual disability services?

Paul Soper, Alex G. Stewart, Rajan Nathan, Sharleen Nall-Evans, Rachel Mills, Felix Michelet, Sujeet Jaydeokar

This study aims to evaluate the quality of transition from child and adolescent services to adult intellectual disability services, using the relevant National Institute for…

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT): the impact of service changes due to COVID-19 on people with learning disabilities

Caroline Rodhouse, Dave Dagnan, Richard Thwaites, Chris Hatton

Primary care psychological interventions for people with common mental health problems in England are primarily delivered through Improving Access to Psychological Therapies…

Psychiatric symptoms influence the performance on the Screener Intelligence and Learning Disabilities in general mental health care in The Netherlands

Jeanet Nieuwenhuis, Eric Noorthoorn, Peter Lepping, Niels Mulder, Henk Nijman

A recently published study showed a 41% prevalence of mild intellectual disability (MID) and borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) in a large sample of Dutch psychiatric…

An investigation into the factors which influence attendance rates for psychology appointments in an adult intellectual disability service

Luke Yates, Louise Brittleton, Nigel Beail

This study aims to investigate whether factors previously shown to influence attendance rates for appointments in general practice and general mental health services also…

Community services during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Norwegian county: impact on users with multiple, complex needs and their service providers – a qualitative study

Linda Kristin Hørsrud, Trine Lise Bakken

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how users with particularly complex needs including intellectual disability (ID) reacted to the changes and restrictions during the…

Screening and diagnosing dementia in people with Down’s syndrome: implications of using the DLD questionnaire

Bhathika Perera, Lukasz Kamieniarz, Mashal Iftikhar, Solomis Solomou

The Dementia Questionnaire for People with Learning Disabilities (DLD) is one of the main screening and monitoring tools for dementia in people with Down’s syndrome (DS). As part…