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Mental health, learning disabilities and adolescence: a developmental perspective
- Authors:
- HASSIOTIS Angela, BARRON Diana Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(3), September 2007, pp.32-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article presents the results of a survey of a community-based sample of adolescents with learning disabilities. The aims were to describe a cohort of adults with learning disabilities in one catchment area and explore the prevalence of mental disorders and their association with socio- demographic and clinical variables. The hypothesis was that adolescents with learning disabilities as a group have high rates of mental health problems when compared with published rates of mental disorders in adolescents without mental health disorders.
Good practice in transition services for young people with learning disabilities: a review
- Authors:
- BARRON Diana Andrea, HASSIOTIS Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(3), September 2008, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The authors provide an overview of recent publications about services for young people with learning disabilities at the time of transition, with particular focus on those mental disorders including neurodevelopmental disorders and/or learning disabilities in the UK. It is argued that, despite the qualitative differences between the experience of transition to adulthood for young people with learning disabilities and that of other young people, the principles of service provision remain the same. Developments in research and clinical practice in this field ought to reflect good practice, as well as embracing new methodologies, and benefit from advances without learning disabilities.