Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 6 Issue 3
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formerly Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesTable of contents
The Autism Strategy: implications for people with autism and for service development
Nick Walsh, Ian HallThe aim of this article is to critically review the Autism Strategy and to discuss its implications.
Diagnosis and assessment in autism spectrum disorders
Peter CarpenterThe paper aims to provide an overview of the current situation with diagnosis and assessment in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Prevalence of anxiety disorder in children and young people with intellectual disabilities and autism
Ereny Gobrial, Raghu RaghavanChildren and young people with co‐morbid intellectual disabilities and autism are more prone to experience mental health problems compared to people with intellectual disabilities…
The long, silent scream (of a parent/carer)
This paper seeks to present the viewpoint of a family carer of a young man with autism.
England and Northern Ireland policy and law update relating to mental health and intellectual disability
Eddie Chaplin, Laurence TaggartThis article aims to bring readers up to date with policy developments in England and Northern Ireland in the last two years since the journal first reported on these issues.
Women with intellectual disability in secure settings and their mental health needs
Elizabeth BeberThis article aims to describe the development of secure services for women with intellectual disability in the UK and to outline what is known about their mental health needs.
ISSN:
2044-1282e-ISSN:
2044-1290ISSN-L:
2044-1282Renamed from:
Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesOnline date, start – end:
2010Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Sujeet Jaydeokar