Using a combination of historical narrative and international comparison, the authors offer a new interpretation of autism from a sociological perspective. They argue that the recent rise in autism should be understood in the context of the deinstitutionalization of learning disabilities in the mid-1970s. This resulted in a change in the way institutions had to deal with childhood developmental disorders, but also of the cultural lens through which we view them. The authors show that where deinstitutionalization went the furthest, as in Scandinavia, UK and parts of the USA, autism rates are highest. Where it was absent or delayed, as in France, autism rates are low.
Using a combination of historical narrative and international comparison, the authors offer a new interpretation of autism from a sociological perspective. They argue that the recent rise in autism should be understood in the context of the deinstitutionalization of learning disabilities in the mid-1970s. This resulted in a change in the way institutions had to deal with childhood developmental disorders, but also of the cultural lens through which we view them. The authors show that where deinstitutionalization went the furthest, as in Scandinavia, UK and parts of the USA, autism rates are highest. Where it was absent or delayed, as in France, autism rates are low.
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(3), September 2000, pp.120-124.
Publisher:
Wiley
In 1995, a new team was specifically created at the Tavistock Clinic, London, UK, to work with people with people with learning disability of all ages using psychodynamic ideas, principles and methods. This was a new organization, born out of the growing interest and work in this field, work that had been going on at the Tavistock Clinic for many years. The present paper describes the work of the organization, and provides two case examples to illustrate the team's way of working.
In 1995, a new team was specifically created at the Tavistock Clinic, London, UK, to work with people with people with learning disability of all ages using psychodynamic ideas, principles and methods. This was a new organization, born out of the growing interest and work in this field, work that had been going on at the Tavistock Clinic for many years. The present paper describes the work of the organization, and provides two case examples to illustrate the team's way of working.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, psychiatry, psychotherapy, social care provision, therapies, therapy and treatment, young people, children;
Designed as an introductory text on mental health and deafness for care workers and mental health workers. Covers a wide range of mental health issues as they relate to deafness and is divided into two sections. The first, Assessment, includes topics such as child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities, deafness and learning disability, addictive behaviour and deafness, forensic psychiatry, acquired deafness, and abuse of deaf children. The second section, Management and Intervention, discusses interpreters in mental health settings, educational interventions, different forms of psychotherapy, family therapy, rehabilitation, and drug treatments.
Designed as an introductory text on mental health and deafness for care workers and mental health workers. Covers a wide range of mental health issues as they relate to deafness and is divided into two sections. The first, Assessment, includes topics such as child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities, deafness and learning disability, addictive behaviour and deafness, forensic psychiatry, acquired deafness, and abuse of deaf children. The second section, Management and Intervention, discusses interpreters in mental health settings, educational interventions, different forms of psychotherapy, family therapy, rehabilitation, and drug treatments.
Subject terms:
interpreting, learning disabilities, medication, mental health, mental health problems, multiple disabilities, psychiatry, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, substance misuse, treatment, therapies, therapy and treatment, child abuse, deafness, education, family therapy, hearing impairment;
Explores the approved social worker's role in contemporary mental health practice. Combines a description of various aspects of multi disciplinary working, with accounts of clinical signs and syndromes, set against the possibilities and challenges inherent in the ASW's duties. Includes chapters on: law, policy and practice; psychiatry, diagnosis and treatment; severe mental health problems; disturbances in children and young people; people with learning difficulties; culture and diversity; substance misuse; dangerousness, suicide and homicide; ethical issues; and developing a psychotherapeutic approach to approved social work.
Explores the approved social worker's role in contemporary mental health practice. Combines a description of various aspects of multi disciplinary working, with accounts of clinical signs and syndromes, set against the possibilities and challenges inherent in the ASW's duties. Includes chapters on: law, policy and practice; psychiatry, diagnosis and treatment; severe mental health problems; disturbances in children and young people; people with learning difficulties; culture and diversity; substance misuse; dangerousness, suicide and homicide; ethical issues; and developing a psychotherapeutic approach to approved social work.
Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, mental health problems, mental health services, homicide, older people, psychiatry, severe mental health problems, substance misuse, treatment, therapies, therapy and treatment, approved social workers, black and minority ethnic people, children, dangerous offenders, diagnosis, ethics;