The mental health needs of children and adolescents with learning disabilities.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide an update on the mental health needs of children and adolescents with learning disabilities, by examining salient studies published predominantly in the last 12-18 months. RECENT FINDINGS: There have been further articles published supporting the findings of earlier lan...
| Publicado en: | Current Opinion in Psychiatry Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 353 - 359 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2012 Sep
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=108066606&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 108066606 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09517367 IQO jtl: Current Opinion in Psychiatry issn: 09517367 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 Sep vid: 25 iid: 5 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 108066606 2011634974 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283566843 NLM22842658 108066606 ppf: 353 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: The mental health needs of children and adolescents with learning disabilities. aug: au: Vedi K Bernard S affil: aLocum Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust bConsultant Psychiatrist in the Mental Health of Child and Adolescent Learning Disabilities Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. sug: subj: Learning Disorders Psychosocial Factors Needs Assessment Adolescence Antipsychotic Agents Therapeutic Use Child Child, Preschool Comorbidity Learning Disorders Therapy Psychotherapy Standards Support, Psychosocial Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Child, Preschool: 2-5 years ab: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide an update on the mental health needs of children and adolescents with learning disabilities, by examining salient studies published predominantly in the last 12-18 months. RECENT FINDINGS: There have been further articles published supporting the findings of earlier landmark studies demonstrating an increased prevalence of mental health disorders in young people with learning disabilities. These articles suggest higher rates of comorbidity than were previously recognized. There are few published studies pertaining to the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments, although there is a recognition that the latter are more routinely and perhaps inappropriately administered. Antipsychotics are the most commonly prescribed group of medications and, despite a lack of evidence, continue to be prescribed more to address challenging behaviours rather than in the treatment of an identified psychiatric disorder. Reviews examining services and policies in other countries further highlight that the health and social care needs of individuals with learning disabilities are receiving more attention, with a shared vision that services should be inclusive and preferably community based. SUMMARY: Although there is improved knowledge of the rates of mental health disorders in young people with learning disabilities, in clinical practice these mental health needs continue to be underrecognized and untreated. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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