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You're on trial
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, MURPHY Glynis, CLARE Isabel
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, St. George's Hospital Medical School
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet designed to provide guidance for people with learning difficulties or mental health needs caught up in the criminal justice system.
Jenny speaks out
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Jenny has moved into a new home in the community, but she is very unhappy and unsettled. Things come to a head when her carer finds a photo of her father. Sensitively, the carer helps Jenny to feel secure enough to talk about why she is upset. Jenny discloses that she was sexually abused by her father. The story shows how the warmth and trust of her carer and friends begin a healing process which will bring hope and a fresh start for Jenny. This book may enable a person with learning disabilities or mental health problems to open up about their experience of sexual abuse. The second half of the book consists of supporting written text. There is background information on sexual abuse, including the necessity of gaining medical evidence if it is reported as a crime. Advice is given to dispel commonly held beliefs, such as “It happened to me because I’m bad” and “I can’t have sex again because I’m dirty”.
Issues and dilemmas for learning disability community psychiatric services
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, COURTENAY Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 5(2), June 2000, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Highlights the additional problems facing those working in learning disability community mental health services.
What is the future of the psychiatry of learning disability?
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(8), August 2002, pp.283-284.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
As the stigma associated with learning difficulties diminishes and public services become more inclusive psychiatrists must be aware of embracing those changes. The author concludes that the value of psychiatry lies in its clinical relevance,
Psychological disturbance associated with sexual abuse in people with learning disabilities: case control study
- Authors:
- SEQUEIRA Heather, HOWLIN Patricia, HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(11), November 2003, pp.451-456.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The association between sexual abuse, mental health and behavioural problems in people with learning disabilities has not previously been examined in a controlled study. The aim was to identify symptoms of psychological disturbance in adults with and without a confirmed history of sexual abuse. The study used a matched (1:1) case-control design comparing 54 adults who had experienced sexual abuse with 54 adults with no reported history of abuse. The two groups were selected from a community population of adults with learning disabilities living in residential care, and compared for selected psychiatric diagnoses and for scores on measures of disturbed behaviour. Sexual abuse was associated with increased rates of mental illness and behavioural problems, and with symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Psychological reactions to abuse were similar to those observed in the general population, but with the addition of stereotypical behaviour. The more serious the abuse, the more severe the symptoms that were reported. The study provides the first evidence from a controlled study that sexual abuse is associated with a higher incidence of psychiatric and behavioural disorder in people with learning disabilities.