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The case for guided self help for people with intellectual disabilites
This article examines Guided Self-Help (GSH), and some of the barriers as to why it is not routinely available for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Design/methodology/approach This article offers an overview of GSH and the potential benefits of it as an intervention for people with ID with mild depression and/or anxiety. Findings The current literature reports the successful use and effectiveness of GSH in the general population. However despite this there is little evidence that it is being used in practice for people with ID. Originality/value This paper offers an overview of GSH and advocates for its incre...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 18, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Adherence of clinicians to guidelines for the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with intellectual disabilities
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2017. Purpose Antipsychotic drugs are frequently prescribed to people with intellectual disabilities to ameliorate psychotic symptoms and behavioural symptoms with and without mental condition. Guidelines recommend systematic evaluation of treatment effects and adverse effects, and limiting the treatment duration. Studies have shown that adherence to prescription guidelines is beneficial for clients ’ outcomes. Therefore, we set up a study to investigate the adherence to antipsychotic drug prescription guidelines in two treatment settings. ...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 18, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Discharging inpatients with intellectual disability from secure to community services: risk assessment and management considerations
This study described the risk assessment and management factors considered during the discharge of patients from secure to community services, which are of direct relevance to multiple stakeholders post-Winterbourne. Originality/value Challenges when facilitating discharge were highlighted, such as ongoing risk management issues, or unexpected discharge from tribunals, and how these were addressed, via the development of extensive risk assessment and management processes and interdisciplinary and interagency working. (Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 18, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Resilience in children and young people with intellectual disabilities: a review of literature
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2017. Purpose Building the resilience of children with intellectual disabilities (ChID) can help reduce the personal, social and economic costs associated with mental ill health among such children. The aim of this paper is to review the research evidence on resilience in children with intellectual disabilities and to suggest areas for further research. Design/methodology/approach Journal articles published in the last 20 years were searched in on-line databases to find potential papers for this review. The inclusion criteria were to search f...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 18, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Editorial
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2017. (Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 18, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Learning disability and the Scottish Mental Health Act
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose The purpose of this project was to investigate the use of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, in the context of the recent commitment by the Scottish Government to review the place of learning disability within the act. Design/methodology/approach All current compulsory treatment orders including learning disability as a type of mental disorder were identified and reviewed. Data was collected on duration and type of detention (hospital or community-based...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Reporting of use of coercive measures from a Dutch perspective
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose This viewpoint advances a number of outlooks on the reporting of the use of coercive measures in the the care for persons with intellectual disabilities. The following questions will be discussed: Which forms of involuntary care should be externally reported and how is this external reporting influenced by environmental and other factors? Design/methodology/approach The paper describes an important part of the New Dutch Care and Coercion Act [Wet zorg en dwang] concerning reporting the use of coercive measures. The implication...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Guardianship and supported decision making in Israel
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose Recent research has promoted the use of supported decision making, in contrast to historical methods of substitute decision making when working with people with intellectual disabilities. In Israel, people with disabilities are protected by the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law of 1962, which was amended in 2016. This research considers how these recent changes are perceived by professionals in Israel. Design/methodology/approach Professionals with experience in policy making, law, social work and with direct experience work...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Challenging deprivation of liberty: advocating for your rights
We examined the accounts from the experts involved on each side of the case including different views on the person ’s capacity to make certain decisions. We examined several of the individual's psychological and psychiatric assessments. We interviewed the individual on two occasions: once during the appeals process, and following his successful appeal. Findings We identified several reasons as to why the individual was successful in appealing against the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Firstly, the individual was able to seek legal support to appeal independently. Secondly, experts involved on each side of the ...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Capacity to consent to sexual relations and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
This article outlines the current state of the Court of Protection caselaw on capacity to consent to sexual relations and identifies a number of difficulties with the present position. Design/methodology/approach This article reviews and summarises the current caselaw. Findings This article identifies problems arising with the court's approach to assessing capacity to consent to sexual relations, in particular the problems caused by treating decisions about sexual relations as generic, but decisions about contact with other people as specific. Originality/value This article is a comprehensive summary of the current stat...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Is mental capacity in the eye of the beholder?
This article, written by a practising barrister specialising in the Mental Capacity Act 2005, surveys law and practice in England and Wales with a view to sketching out a preliminary answer as to whether it can be said there is, in fact, any legally defensible concept of mental capacity. Design/methodology/approach Review of case-law in England and Wales and relevant domestic and international law, in particular the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Findings It is right, and inescapable, to say that mental capacity is in the eye of the beholder, and will remain so eve...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Guest editorial
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. (Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Learning disability and the Scottish Mental Health Act
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose The purpose of this project was to investigate the use of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, in the context of the recent commitment by the Scottish Government to review the place of learning disability within the act. Design/methodology/approach All current compulsory treatment orders including learning disability as a type of mental disorder were identified and reviewed. Data was collected on duration and type of detention (hospital or community-based...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Reporting of use of coercive measures from a Dutch perspective
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose This viewpoint advances a number of outlooks on the reporting of the use of coercive measures in the the care for persons with intellectual disabilities. The following questions will be discussed: Which forms of involuntary care should be externally reported and how is this external reporting influenced by environmental and other factors? Design/methodology/approach The paper describes an important part of the New Dutch Care and Coercion Act [Wet zorg en dwang] concerning reporting the use of coercive measures. The implication...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Guardianship and supported decision making in Israel
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose Recent research has promoted the use of supported decision making, in contrast to historical methods of substitute decision making when working with people with intellectual disabilities. In Israel, people with disabilities are protected by the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law of 1962, which was amended in 2016. This research considers how these recent changes are perceived by professionals in Israel. Design/methodology/approach Professionals with experience in policy making, law, social work and with direct experience work...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research