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Psychoanalytical psychotherapy
- Author:
- SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 45, June 1994, p.16.
Describes how psychotherapy can help people with learning disabilities who are emotionally disturbed.
Psychotherapy, learning disabilities and trauma: new perspectives
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, January 2000, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Psychological therapies are rarely used in people with learning disabilities. Learning disability is often given as an exclusion criterion. This paper describes recent advances in understanding and practice within the learning disability field which have not received wider recognition within mainstream psychotherapy and psychiatry. The availability of different psychotherapeutic approaches is discussed.