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The same as you?: a review of services for people with learning disabilities: a summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Information about The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, which provides ways to manage the financial and welfare affairs of people who are unable to manage them for themselves. Suitable for professionals and lay people.
Responding effectively to students' mental health needs: project report
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, MANTHORPE Jill, BRADLEY Greta
- Publisher:
- University of Hull
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Hull
This project was funded under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Special Initiative to Encourage High Quality Provision for Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities. This initiative offered higher education institutions (HEIs) support in developing their disability services to meet the demands of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 at a time when the numbers and diversity of the student population were increasing. Throughout the nineties, student counselling services regularly identified concerns about increasing levels of severe mental health problems in the student population, and, as academics, the project team were familiar with the high levels of anxiety generated by individual cases.
Council tax in Scotland: a guide for people who have special needs and their carers
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
'Help me out, help me in': reprovisioning, resettlement and the scope for social inclusion in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Study of resettlement in the community from long-stay hospitals, and the extent to which it has promoted inclusion
Good practice in breast and cervical screening for women with learning disabilities
- Publisher:
- NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Summarising current guidance on access to health care for people with learning disabilities and explaining the issues of consent for breast or cervical screening, the purpose of this guidance is to describe good practice to ensure that women with learning disabilities have the same rights of access as all other women to the NHS Breast Screening Programme and the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. It is aimed at health or social services staff who provide support for women with learning disabilities, staff who work in screening programmes, and staff and family members who provide support for women with learning disabilities. The guidance recommends good practice so that wherever possible women with a learning disability can have access to information to enable them to make their own decisions about screening, know what to expect when they attend the screening so that it is a positive experience, and understand the possible consequences of screening and the need to be aware of changes in their own bodies. It includes criteria for assessing the capacity of individuals to consent to screening and recommendations on what to do if a woman is not able to consent. This publication has now been superseded by Equal access to breast and cervical screening for disabled women.
Psychiatric symptoms in adults with learning disability and challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- MOSS Steve, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, November 2000, pp.452-456.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In people with learning disability one of the most frequent reasons for psychiatric referral is challenging behaviour. This study sought to determine what proportion of people with challenging behaviour actually have psychiatric symptoms. Showed that increasing severity of challenging behaviour was associated with the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, depression showing the most marked association. Anxiety symptoms were associated with presence of self-injurious behaviour.
Mental health services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HASSIOTIS Angela, BARRON Phil, O'HARA Jean
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 9.9.00, 2000, pp.583-584.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Mental health services in the United Kingdom are set for dramatic restructuring in the light of recent government initiatives to improve quality of care and equity of provision. National standards for promoting mental health and treating mental illness are designed to reduce the risk of future tragedies and improve the quality of life of people with mental illness. But little thought has been given to the well documented mental health need of people with learning disabilities. A complete overhaul is needed with strong links to mainstream services.
Learning disability psychiatry: the future of services
- Author:
- O'DWYER J.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(7), July 2000, pp.247-250.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Historically, the functions of institutions for those with learning disability included the provision of assessment, education, occupation, housing, health, social and psychiatric care. This article discusses psychiatric services for people with learning disabilities following community care reforms.
Reliability and validity of the CANDID: a needs assessment instrument for adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Authors:
- XENITIDIS K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, May 2000, pp.473-478.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Although people with learning disabilities are more likely to develop mental health problems than their non-disabled counterparts, there is no widely accepted instrument for measuring needs in this group. This study aimed to develop the Camberwell Assessment of Need for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (CANDID) and investigate its validity and reliability.