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Self-injurious behaviour: an overview of recent trends in epidemiological and behavioural research
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 5(1), 1992, pp.49-81.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reviews and discusses three aspects: basing interventions on an analysis of underlying causes, the functional displacement and communication hypothesis, and the debate about the acceptability and effectiveness of aversive treatment.
Specialised treatment units for people with challenging behaviours
- Authors:
- NEWMAN Ian, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(3), 1991, pp.113-119.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reviews the literature on different models of care for people with learning disabilities and presents the results of a survey of treatment units in England and Wales giving statistics about residents and summarises advantages and disadvantages.
Prescription of psychotropic medication to people with intellectual disabilities in primary health-care settings
- Authors:
- MOLYNEUX Philip, EMERSON Eric, CAINE Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), 1999, pp.46-57.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this study prescribing practices for people with intellectual disabilities were surveyed in three localities in the North West of England corresponding to areas covered by three separate NHS Community Trusts. Discusses the results of the survey.