Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 7 Issue 6
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The place of medication for challenging behaviour: a whole system perspective
Kunle Bamidele, Ian HallThe purpose of this paper is to explore the place of medication in the management of challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability by considering it in the context…
Psychotropic medications and adults with intellectual disabilities: care staff perspectives
John Lalor, Liz PoulsonAdults with intellectual disabilities are the most psychotropically medicated population of all. Non-medically trained care staff with whom these individuals spend the majority of…
Use of PRN medication in people with intellectual disabilities
Vijay Delafon, Reza Kiani, Mary Barrett, Arshya Vahabzadeh, Hasit Vaidya, Gordon Walker, Sabyasachi BhaumikThe purpose of this paper is to identify psychotropic medication being prescribed for people with intellectual disability “as and when required” (PRN); the indications, frequency…
Seizing the opportunities to improve neuropsychological services in a High Secure hospital
Graham Lowings, Sarah Trout, Louise BrahamA significant number of people held within the secure forensic hospital estate in this country suffer from neuropsychological deficits (e.g. Lowings, 2010; Williams et al., 2010)…
How do we prevent another Winterbourne? A literature review
Sally WrightThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the precipitants of physical and psychological abuse of individuals with intellectual disabilities in order to understand why mistreatment…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Ken Courtenay