Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 17 Issue 4

Attachment, psychological health and interpersonal functioning: a comparison of clinical and non-clinical groups of people with intellectual disability

Lucy Bateman, Andrea Flood, Deanna Jayne Gallichan, Leonardo De Pascalis

Insecure and unresolved attachments have been linked to poorer psychological health and interpersonal functioning for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs), but research in…

Evaluating the use of videoconferencing for handover and MDT meetings within an intensive support team

Elizabeth Megan Mehmet, Jason Lines

This study aims to evaluate the use of videoconferencing when conducting multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and handover meetings within an NHS Adult Learning Disabilities Intensive…

The effectiveness of positive behaviour support in reducing challenging behaviour and increasing quality of life for individuals with intellectual disability

Katherine Dewey, Sean Evans, Sarah Horsley, Ellis Baker

Intensive support teams (ISTs) are often poorly understood, despite reports of their effectiveness in managing behaviour that challenges for individuals with an intellectual…

Forensic mental health intellectual and developmental disability service: an analysis of referral patterns and comparison with community mental health intellectual disability (MHID) services in Ireland

Afwan Abdul Wahab, Calvin Har, Sarah Casey, Hugh Ramsay, Brendan McCormack, Niamh Mulryan, Anita Ambikapathy, Anthony Kearns

The purpose of this study is to analyse the characteristics of all the referrals to the forensic MHIDD service over the past five years and to compare these characteristics to the…

A survey of therapists’ experience of ending therapy with people with intellectual disabilities

Yasmine Dunn, S.J. (Ash) Summers, Dave Dagnan

A range of adaptations and therapy processes have been explored in relation to therapy with people with intellectual disabilities; however, there remain a few areas of therapy…

Universal Needs Based Resource Assessment (UNBRA) an objective approach to evaluate resources needed to support people with intellectual disability in an inpatient setting

Susanne Meddings, Mahesh Odiyoor, Holly Eick, Katie Kavanagh, Sujeet Jaydeokar

There are no existing tools to capture resources needed to support people with intellectual disability in an inpatient setting on an individual patient basis. The purpose of this…

Adherence to care and treatment review policy and impact on length of stay

Lucy Jade Jones, Ceri Woodrow

The purpose of this clinical audit was to review the adherence to the 2017 care and treatment review policy across two NHS assessment and treatment units. Care and treatment…

Project ECHO-AIDD: recommendations for care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Olivia Mendoza, Anupam Thakur, Ullanda Niel, Kendra Thomson, Yona Lunsky, Nicole Bobbette

This study aims to describe patients presented in an interprofessional, virtual education program focused on the mental health of adults with intellectual and developmental…