Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 8 Issue 4

Complex Behaviour Service: enhanced model for challenging behaviour

Sophie Inchley-Mort, Khadija Rantell, Charlotte Wahlich, Angela Hassiotis

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is thought to be an important model for working with people with intellectual disabilities who display behaviours challenging to service. The…

Complex Behaviour Service: content analysis of stakeholder opinions

Sophie Inchley-Mort, Angela Hassiotis

Positive behaviour support has been positioned by current government policy as an important intervention for people with intellectual disabilities who display behaviours that…

PTSD in adults with intellectual disabilities: stabilisation during inpatient stay

Trine Lise Bakken, Vibeke Gjersoe, Espen Matre, Tone Kristiansen, Arvid Ro, Anne Louise Tveter, Siv Helene Hoeidal, Arvid Nikolai Kildahl

The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss interventions of stabilisation of emotions and behaviour in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This topic is…

Support workers’ mental health knowledge and confidence in relation to exposure, experience, work setting and training

Ann Kilanska, Helena M. Priest

Previous studies have shown that support workers often have difficulties in recognising mental health problems in service users with intellectual disabilities. In the context of…

Adjustment of the UKU Side Effect Rating Scale for adults with intellectual disabilities. A pilot study

Anne Louise Tveter, Trine Lise Bakken, Jørgen G. Bramness, Jan Ivar Røssberg

Patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) and additional psychiatric disorders are often treated with psychotropic medication. However, examinations of side effects among these…

Oxleas “Can you understand it?” group

Can you understand it group

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and work of the “Can you understand it?” group, which supports services in developing accessible information for people…

Self-regulation and social interaction skills among children with autism across time

Lucy Barnard-Brak, Julie Ivey-Hatz, Angela Kris Ward, Tianlan Wei

In the current study, the purpose of this paper is to examine the self-regulation and social interaction skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as compared to…

Editorial

Steve Hardy and Jean O'Hara