Accessible summary• This article is about what happened when people with learning disabilities were interviewed by the police and how they felt about it. • People told us what was good and what was bad about their interviews.• People with learning disabilities should have an Appropriate Adult with them when they are interviewed by the police, but this did not happen for some of the people who we spoke to. • For the people with learning disabilities we talked to the most important thing about an Appropriate Adult was that they knew them well and could trust them. • We hope this study will help the police to understand how people with learning disabilities feel when they are interviewed, what helps them and what does not help them. We also hope that it will help to make Appropriate Adult services better.
This study emphasizes the need (a) for future studies measuring social behaviours (e.g. impulsivity and emotional perception) (b) to explore the differing determinants of relatives' and participants' PC judgements and (c) to develop and to tailor clinical responses to the various psychosocial determinants of PC.
In recent years cognitive‐behavioural techniques have begun to be applied to psychotic symptoms with positive results. There is little in the literature to suggest that such techniques have been used to help people with learning disabilities who experience psychosis. The case report provided here details the teaching of cognitive‐behavioural strategies for managing auditory hallucinations and their effective use by a woman with mild learning disabilities. A number of benefits of the intervention are noted including decreases in subjective distress and use of PRN medication, as well as improved mood and reported increases in the use of positive coping strategies and self‐esteem.
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