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Attachment, psychological health and interpersonal functioning: a comparison of clinical and non-clinical groups of people with intellectual disability
Lucy Bateman, Andrea Flood, Deanna Jayne Gallichan, Leonardo De Pascalis Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Insecure and unresolved attachments have been linked to poorer psychological health and interpersonal functioning for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs), but research in this area is limited, especially for adults. Studies using the Adult Attachment Projective (AAP) have been restricted to clinical samples, where insecure and unresolved attachments are typically more prevalent. The purpose of this study is to compare clinical and non-clinic...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 15, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Lucy Bateman Andrea Flood Deanna Jayne Gallichan Leonardo De Pascalis Source Type: research

Developing an outcome measure for an adult intellectual disabilities intensive support team – a practice paper
Jason Lines, Kiran Krishnadas Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to outline the initial pilot use of the client complexity matrix (CCM), an outcome measure developed for an NHS Adult Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Support Team (IST) in the West Midlands of England.A mixed method approach was used to report the results and evaluate the use of the CCM within this IST. The CCM was trialled for six months between January 2022 and June 2022. CCM scores pre and post IST intervention were analysed via t-test, and qualitative feedback from cl...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 11, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Jason Lines Kiran Krishnadas Source Type: research

Dementia education and training for caregivers supporting older people with intellectual disability: a scoping review of the literature
Daniel James Acton, Sujeet Jaydeokar, Steven Jones Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Education and training is vital in improving age-related care provisions. However, a lack of awareness and understanding of dementia could be a factor in meeting the age-related needs of people. This paper aims to examine the impact dementia education has on caregivers’ confidence to provide person-centred care for people with intellectual disability and identifies additional training needs.A systematic scoping review was completed using preferred reporting items for s...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 11, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Daniel James Acton Sujeet Jaydeokar Steven Jones Source Type: research

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD, trauma, and trauma related symptoms in children with intellectual disabilities: a general review
Chloe Louise Williamson, Kelly Rayner-Smith Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to discuss the utility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a treatment for children with intellectual disabilities (ID) who have experienced trauma.Relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and literature were reviewed to provide support for the use of EMDR as a treatment for trauma in children with ID.There is a growing body of evidence which demonstrates that EMDR therapy is successful for the tre...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 8, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Chloe Louise Williamson Kelly Rayner-Smith Source Type: research

Community-based compassion-focussed therapy for adults with an intellectual disability: a literature review
Bethany Roberts Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This literature review aims to ascertain the outcomes and perspectives of community-based compassion-focused therapy (CFT) for adults with intellectual disabilities.A comprehensive search of five databases was conducted systematically, with one additional study identified manually, yielding eight relevant studies. Methodological quality was appraised using two tools to account for heterogeneity in study designs.Two studies conducted a CFT-derived task while six studies conducted full CFT interventions, of...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - May 5, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Bethany Roberts Source Type: research

Outcomes of use of the quality outcome measure for individuals with dementia (QOMID) with people with Down ’s syndrome and dementia
Outcomes of use of the quality outcome measure for individuals with dementia (QOMID) with people with Down’s syndrome and dementia Aoife Ryan, Karen Dodd Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to describe the outcomes of the use of the Quality Outcome Measure for individuals with dementia (QOMID) within a dementia pathway for people with Down’s syndrome (DS). The QOMID is a tool for clinicians to use with 17 outcome domains, each with descriptors for early, mid and late stage dementia, rated on a four point scale from rarely achieved for th...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 24, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Aoife Ryan Karen Dodd Source Type: research

Development, use and evaluation of a web based mental capacity assessment tool for staff working with people with learning disabilities
Karen Dodd, Sai-Bo Cheung, Ashley Chapman Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to describe the development, use and evaluation of a web-based mental capacity assessment tool (MCA WAT) within the Learning Disabilities division of a Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Trust in England.The MCA WAT was developed to ensure there was contemporaneous recording of each capacity assessment; help staff improve their knowledge, confidence and satisfaction in completing assessments of capacity; and analyse the number and type of capacity assessments...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 17, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Karen Dodd Sai-Bo Cheung Ashley Chapman Source Type: research

Individuals with intellectual disabilities experiences of the therapeutic relationship
Sarah Parker, Tony Ward, Amelia Baldwin Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This research aimed to explore individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) experiences of the therapeutic relationship.Six individuals with ID were recruited who were currently having 1:1 therapy. Semi-structured interviews focused on their experiences of the therapeutic relationship.Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, six personal experiential themes were identified. These were labelled as a person-centred experience, the importance of adaptions, “I feel like I k...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 14, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Sarah Parker Tony Ward Amelia Baldwin Source Type: research

Intellectual disability and autism in adults influence psychological treatments for mental health comorbidities
Rachel Mills, Rajan Nathan, Paul Soper, Felix Michelet, Alex G. Stewart, Sujeet Jaydeokar Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of the study was to examine whether there were differences in the provision of non-pharmacological interventions based on the level of intellectual disability and the presence or absence of autism. Mental health conditions are often underdiagnosed in adults with intellectual disability and do not always receive psychological interventions as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellent guidelines. ...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 12, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Rachel Mills Rajan Nathan Paul Soper Felix Michelet Alex G. Stewart Sujeet Jaydeokar Source Type: research

Examining the relationship of age with fears among adolescents and young adults with and without intellectual disabilities
Lucy Barnard-Brak, Kagendo Mutua, Joy Burnham Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to examine for differences in potentially productive fear versus all other fear scores comparing adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities versus their typically developing peers without intellectual disabilities while statistically controlling for chronological age.The authors examined for differences in potentially productive fear scores versus all fear scores comparing adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities versus thei...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 11, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Lucy Barnard-Brak Kagendo Mutua Joy Burnham Source Type: research

Informed consent with people judged incapable of legally consenting
Amy Bittick, Ryan Holliman Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to consider informed consent with those who may be legally judged incapable of consent. Frequently individuals with traumatic brain injuries and intellectual disabilities may fall into this category. This paper seeks to consider aspects of guardianship, moral and legal implications and best practices for mental health professionals.This practice piece reviews literature regarding informed consent, as well as pertinent issues in the professional literature regarding ...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - April 5, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Amy Bittick Ryan Holliman Source Type: research

Staff views on reflective practice groups in an inpatient assessment and treatment unit for people with intellectual disabilities
Corinne Green, Reed Cappleman Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Although it is recommended that reflective practice groups (RPGs) are used to support staff in inpatient intellectual disability (ID) services, there is to date no research on their effectiveness or how staff perceive RPGs in these settings. This paper aims to evaluate staff perceptions of the RPGs in an assessment and treatment unit for people with ID and to ascertain the nature of any barriers for staff in attending the group.Thirteen staff completed questionnaires ascertaining their views...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - March 20, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Corinne Green Reed Cappleman Source Type: research

Spanish validation of the Glasgow depression scale for people with intellectual disabilities (GDS-LD) and of the Glasgow depression care supplement scale (GDS-CS)
This study aims to validate a Spanish version of the Glasgow Depression Scale for Learning Disability (GDS-LD) and of the Glasgow Depression Care Supplement Scale (GDS-CS).The GDS-LD was administered to 120 adults with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and the GDS-CS to the staff from their occupational workshops (n = 120) to detect symptoms of depression. Internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, criterion validity, construct validity and the feasibility and applicability of both scales were analysed.Both scales showed an adequate internal consistency (GDS-LD, a = 0.86) (GDS-CS, a =...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - February 9, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Mercedes Hernandez Nu ñez-Polo Elena-Mar ía Lorenzo-Llamas Maria-Concepcion Alonso-Rodriguez Jose-Luis Ayuso-Mateos Almudena Martorell Source Type: research

Evaluating workforce needs for higher specialist training for psychiatry of intellectual disability in Kent, Surrey and Sussex: a workforce scoping service evaluation
Raja A.S. Mukherjee, Mary Ondrusz Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Whilst recruitment and retention of high-quality staff is vital to providing a good service, at the time of the evaluations, Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) was the only area of the UK without a Higher Specialist Training (HST) scheme in intellectual disability (ID). The purpose of this project was to identify barriers to recruitment and support the need for change.This evaluation included conducting interviews with 16 practitioners in the region with links to ID to consider the gaps in tr...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - January 31, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Raja A.S. Mukherjee Mary Ondrusz Source Type: research

Caregivers experiences of caring for people with intellectual disability and dementia: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Daniel James Acton, Sujeet Jaydeokar, Steven Jones Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- A systematic review of the literature was completed to examine the needs of those who provide care to people with intellectual disability and dementia. The purpose of this paper was to develop an understanding of the complexities, challenges and support available to meet the needs of an ageing population.A qualitative evidence synthesis was used to appraise 12 studies. An evidence synthesis approach was used to better understand the challenges caregivers experience in ca...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - January 18, 2023 Category: Disability Authors: Daniel James Acton Sujeet Jaydeokar Steven Jones Source Type: research