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Will new Mental Capacity Bill stop further breaches of human rights?
- Author:
- GILLEN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.10.04, 2004, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks whether the new Mental Capacity Bill will do enough to protect the human rights of people with mental health problems. Looks at the recent ruling of the Bournewood Case where the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the detention of an autistic man in a psychiatric hospital had breached his human rights.
Medication masks the problems
- Author:
- WALSH Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(3), March 1997, pp.19-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Argues that people with learning disabilities who also have mental health problems are ill-served by the general mental health services. One of the major problems is that medication is prescribed to control the individuals' behaviour without their consent. Urges the use of the least intrusive treatment as a less medicalised approach.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: continence issues for a child with learning difficulties
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance describes a care pathway and the considerations which apply at each stage in supporting a child with continence issues relating to a learning difficulty. A exemplar case of a child called Robert, who has learning disabilities and continence problems is used to describe the journal through NHS treatment. For each stage in the journey the relevant standards from the National Standards Framework theme are identified and additional evidence and/or document links provided. Key messages are also summarised. The material forms one of a series of example patient journeys that have been produced to support the National service framework for children, young people and maternity services. The primary audience is professionals from a broad range of backgrounds, including: education, social services and the voluntary sector. It will also be of interest to parents, children and young people.
Say it with flowers
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.4.03, 2003, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how horticultural therapy has been helping a women with learning difficulties deal with her aggression and challenging behaviour.
Service innovations: Maple House- an autistic-friendly NHS facility
- Authors:
- JABARIN Z., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 25(3), March 2001, pp.109-111.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This paper describes Maple House, a unique in-patient facility for learning disabled adults with autism which has recently been developed in Exeter. The design of this facility has been based on the principles of Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH). The design tenet of Maple House was that the environment should reflect these principles, facilitating communication and, therefore, allowing the comprehensive assessment of autistic individuals. Overall, the service provision for this group in the UK is deficient. Maple House may be a model for future NHS facilities for people with autism.
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.
Anti-therapeutic community mental health law
- Author:
- EASTMAN Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 29.4.95, 1995, pp.1081-1082.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Argues that the government's Mental Health (Patients in the Community Bill) is both clinically unworkable and medicolegally flawed.
Evaluating the effects of multisystemic therapy for adolescents with intellectual disabilities and antisocial or delinquent behaviour and their parents
- Authors:
- BLANKESTEIN Annemarieke, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(3), 2019, pp.575-590.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: An adaptation of multisystemic therapy (MST) was piloted to find out whether it would yield better outcomes than standard MST in families where the adolescent not only shows antisocial or delinquent behaviour, but also has an intellectual disability. Method: To establish the comparative effectiveness of MST‐ID (n = 55) versus standard MST (n = 73), treatment outcomes were compared at the end of treatment and at 6‐month follow‐up. Pre‐treatment differences were controlled for using the propensity score method. Results: Multisystemic therapy‐ID resulted in reduced police contact and reduced rule breaking behaviour that lasted up to 6 months post‐treatment. Compared to standard MST, MST‐ID more frequently resulted in improvements in parenting skills, family relations, social support, involvement with pro‐social peers and sustained positive behavioural changes. At follow‐up, more adolescents who had received MST‐ID were still living at home. Conclusions: These results support further development of and research into the MST‐ID adaptation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building bridges with understanding: foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) project
- Author:
- BLACKBURN Carolyn
- Publisher:
- Sunfield
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 49p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clent
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a general umbrella term describing the range of birth defects that can occur in an individual whose mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy. Foetal alcohol exposure is the leading known cause of intellectual disability in the Western world. More than 6000 children are born each year in the United Kingdom with FASD which means 1 in 100 children born are affected. The aim of this project was to enhance practitioner knowledge and understanding of the issues pertaining to FASD and its implications for the child as a lifelong learner. This report does not aim to equip practitioners diagnostically, but rather to give them a repertoire of early interventions to use when working with children they think may be affected by FASD. The report concludes that best practice in supporting children with FASD in their early years would seem to rest on the basic principles of consistency, simplicity, structure, repetition, routine, constant supervision and valuing the child for their achievements and strengths.
Count me in 2007: results of the 2007 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION, et al
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The census aimed to provide accurate figures on the numbers of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales, and to encourage service providers to collect and monitor data on all ethnic groups of patients. It was conducted on March 30 2007 and collected information on: 31,187 inpatients in mental health wards at 257 NHS and independent healthcare organisations in England and Wales. The proportion of inpatients in independent mental health hospitals increased from 10% in 2005 to 14% in 2007. 4,153 inpatients in 120 organisations providing services for those with learning disabilities in England and Wales. The report stresses that without accurate data the quality of care and treatment of black and minority ethnic patients cannot be monitored. It makes recommendations to the Department of Health and the Information Centre to improve the information available about patients from all ethnic backgrounds, including those in independent healthcare organisations.