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The impact of alleged abuse on behaviour in adults with severe intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- MURPHY G.H., O'CALLAGHAN A.C., CLARE I.C.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(10), October 2007, pp.741-749.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are particularly vulnerable to abuse, and most incidents come to light through victim disclosure. Those people with severe or profound ID are not able to describe what has happened to them. This project aimed to describe the consequences of abuse and changes in behaviour following alleged abuse in 18 adults with severe ID. Family members or other carers were interviewed to collect information about the alleged abuse. They were also asked about the person's adaptive and challenging behaviours at three time points: in the 3 months immediately prior to the abuse (time 1), in the 3 months immediately after the abuse (time 2) and in the 3 months prior to interview (time 3). A typical pattern emerged for both adaptive and challenging behaviours: there were few problems or difficulties at time 1, major difficulties at time 2 and some recovery by time 3. Evidence is mounting that clinicians considering the sequelae of abuse for people with severe or profound ID need to consider changes in adaptive and challenging behaviours, as well as the typical symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Services for people with mild intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour: service-user views
- Authors:
- MURPHY G.H., ESTIEN D., CLARE I.C.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(3), 1996, pp.256-283.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with mild intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour, who had all been service-users at a specialist, hospital-based unit, were interviewed after they had left the service for an average of four and a half years, about their current quality of life and their memories of the service. On the whole, people were still living in the community though many had had a large number of placement moves (and some had returned to hospital or prison). It is argued that there may be a need to re-think services for service-users with challenging behaviours and mild intellectual disabilities.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour and/or psychiatric problems. 3: Follow-up of the first six clients to be discharged: diverse measures of the effectiveness of the service
- Authors:
- CLARE I.C.H., MURPHY G.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(1), 1993, pp.70-91.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
A follow-up study of the first six clients of the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service is described.