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Supporting complex needs: a practical guide for support staff working with people with a learning disability who have mental health needs
- Authors:
- HARDY Steve, et al
- Publisher:
- Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The guide provides practical advice for frontline support staff to help them recognise mental health needs in the first place and provide appropriate treatment and support. The guide is for staff in a range of support settings, including either specialist or mainstream services in the voluntary, statutory and private sector, such as supported housing outreach, day services, employment and in-patient services. People with a learning disability can be more vulnerable to developing mental health problems than the rest of the population. Individuals are not referred to appropriate services and consequently mental health needs remain unmet and impact on the person’s quality of life.