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A child and adolescent mental health service for children with intellectual disabilities - 8 years on
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Barry, WILLIAMS Chris, SYKES Marcella
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatrist (The), 34(5), May 2010, pp.195-199.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to have mental health problems than children without intellectual disabilities. This paper reports on the last 8 years in the development of a child mental health learning disability service in York. The growth, challenges and pitfalls faced by the service are charted. The paper also shows how a service can cope with rising demand without the development of waiting lists and how a specialist service can be embedded within a generic child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) as a tier 3 team. This has the advantage of allowing easy networking, joint training, joint working and secondments. It also avoids unnecessary service access issues where different services may not have complimentary referral criteria, leading to service gaps; it therefore provides equity of access within local services, and integrates the team within discussions about new developments and commissioning. The article argues that this is a healthy service model that meets the needs of local children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and concomitant child mental health problems.
Services for children with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Barry, WILLIAMS Chris, RICHARDSON Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 32(3), March 2008, pp.81-84.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
There is a large body of research showing that there is a much higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with learning disabilities than in those without. People with psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities have poorer educational qualifications, do less well in the labour market and have lower income than other people. Despite the clear need for mental health services for children with learning disabilities, they are not universally available and often under resourced within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - a review
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Christine, WRIGHT Barry, PARTRIDGE Ian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 49(444), July 1999, pp.563-571.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
This review aims to present research findings that inform the debate around attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It deals with symptomology, aetiology, and prevalence, with assessment for diagnosis, management and outcome. The importance of comprehensive management taking into consideration not just attention abilities but a range of other factors that have an impact upon them is stressed. Argues that management should be pragmatic, multifaceted, and based around the establishment of good working relationships with school and family.