Mental health services for people with learning disabilities

Assessment and treatment units for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour in England: an exploratory survey

“…2001, 2002; Robertson et al . 2004, 2005); the decline in long‐stay hospital places; and the difficulty in obtaining support from ordinary mental health services for people with mild ID (Hassiotis et al . 2000).…”

Psychiatrists' knowledge, training and attitudes regarding the care of individuals with intellectual disability

“…On the other hand, provision of a separate mental health system for PWID contradicts the normalisation principle, and may also inadvertently lead to a lower level of other services, particularly in countries with limited number of psychiatrists ( World Health Organization 2011). Given the problems in the above two service systems, a third option, involving a system of tertiary service specialists embedded within the generic services (for intensive discussions in the subject see Holt 2004 andHassiotis et al 2000) may be preferable and is supported by findings from Torr et al (2008). This reorganisation in psychiatric services may be the optimal solution in bringing about change in training, knowledge, skills and attitudes among psychiatrists.…”

Hospitalisation rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions for persons with and without an intellectual disability‐a population perspective

“…In countries where de‐institutionalisation has taken place, there have been ongoing debates about the best way to organise primary care services for persons with an ID (Aspray et al . 1999; Hassiotis et al . 2000; O'Hara 2000; Alexander et al .…”