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Self-injurious behaviour: what do we know and where are we going
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), January 1999, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Self-injurious behaviour can become an intransigent difficulty, reduce people's quality of life and lead to hospital admissions or other restrictive outcomes. Over the last 15 years there have been some important developments in the treatment of severe self-injury, but the evidence is that these are making little impact on most people's lives. The reasons why this might be are discussed, and it is proposed that it is time for a radical new approach to interventions for self-injurious behaviour.
Services for people with challenging behaviour and mental health needs at risk offending
- Authors:
- MURPHY Glynis, FERNANDO Suman
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(3), July 1999, pp.31-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Government reports since 1990 on services for people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and/or criminal offending have recommended community living wherever possible. Nevertheless, most health and social service providers still find it difficult to attain the types of service proposed. It has recently been concluded that this was partly a result of the separation of services for people with learning disabilities form mainstream mental health services. This article reports the experience of a local service development intervention designed around the needs of this client group.