Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 5 Issue 2

Editorial

Steve Hardy, Jane McCarthy

Improving services through partnership and consultation: a case example

Eddie Chaplin, Jill Lockett, Lynette Kennedy, Steve Hardy, Lisa Seaburne‐May, Jane Sayer

Monitoring care quality is integral to modern health service delivery. This paper describes how a specialist mental health assessment and treatment inpatient service for people…

Collaborative psychosocial case formulation development workshops: a case study with direct care staff

Barry Ingham

The aim of this study was to provide a pilot evaluation of novel, brief formulation development workshops with direct care staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities…

Interviewing adults with intellectual disabilities

Gisli Gudjonsson, Theresa Joyce

People with intellectual disabilities commonly come into contact with the criminal justice system as victims, witnesses or suspects. Their intellectual disabilities may make them…

What happens to people with autism spectrum disorders in middle age and beyond? Report of a preliminary on‐line study

Ian Stuart‐Hamilton, Hugh Morgan

Relatively little is known about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in later life, though the available evidence indicates that it is as prevalent as in childhood and youth. The…

Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT): are they applicable to people with intellectual disabilities?

Karen Dodd, Theresa Joyce, Julie Nixon, Jo Jennison, Celia Heneage

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme was established to treat people with mild to moderate depression and anxiety and bring them to recovery. Although…

Treatment‐resistant schizophrenia in intellectual disabilities: a case study

Colin Hemmings, Francis Inwang, Shaun Gravestock, Zurima Diaz, Larte Lawson, Nicky Walker

People with schizophrenia and related psychoses may be more likely to be ‘treatment‐resistant’ when dually diagnosed with intellectual disabilities. This case study highlights…

What's good for mental health?

Peter Cronin, Liam Peyton, Yolanda Zimock

This paper describes the thoughts of three people with learning disabilities about mental health and what can help people stay mentally well.