Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 10 Issue 6

Editorial

Eddie Chaplin

Loss and profound intellectual disabilities: the significance of early separation responses

Hannah Young

Intellectual disabilities (ID) may complicate the experience of bereavement and loss, in those with communicative impairments compounded by complex healthcare needs and…

“What can we do?” Compassionate care and the potential role of clinical psychologists working within intellectual disability services post-Francis and Winterbourne

Kieron Beard, Barbara Barter

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of clinical psychologists in promoting compassionate cultures within intellectual disability services.

Improving healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities: the development of an evidence-based teaching programme

Lance Vincent Watkins, Robert Colgate

To develop and implement an educational programme to improve medical students’ attitudes towards intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to improve the healthcare…

Enhancing clinical practice: reducing health inequalities – reflections on a clinical education and training partnership

Karina Marshall-Tate

The purpose of this paper is to outline a two-year project designed to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes of people with intellectual disabilities using health…

Asperger syndrome, internet and fantasy versus reality – a forensic case study

Lorraine Higham, Imran Piracha, Juli Crocombe

People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are known to have difficulties in their social communication and interaction. The internet is a twenty-first century phenomenon that…