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Staff Perceptions of Mental Health Relapse Prevention Support in a Specialist Mental Health Service in an Intellectual Disability Setting
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Shannon Sinnott; Cliodhna O'Donovan; Suzanne Guerin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: The present study investigated staff perspectives on supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities with mental health relapse prevention. Methods: Eight staff with experience working with or supporting individuals engaged with a specialist mental health in intellectual disability (MHID) service (team member = 2, management…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Prevention
Using Cognitive and Behavioural Strategies to Support a Man with Mild-Moderate Learning Disabilities Navigate the Dual Process Model of Grief: A Clinical Case Study
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Calabria, Luis; Cheswick, Claire – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: People with learning disabilities experience bereavement in the same emotionally overwhelming way as the general population. The Dual-Process Model of grief is characterised by the oscillation between "Loss-Orientation" and "Restoration-Orientation." These processes involve experiencing and accepting the emotional…
Descriptors: Grief, Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Coping
Surviving through Story: Experiences of People with Learning Disabilities in the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-2021
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Bartlett, Terry; Charlesworth, Pat; Choksi, Ajay; Christian, Paul; Gentry, Susie; Green, Vicky; Grove, Nicola; Hart, Craig; Kwiatkowska, Gosia; Ledger, Sue; Murphy, Sharon; Tilley, Liz; Tokley, Kate – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: History starts from where we are now - it is not just things that happened a long time ago. The global pandemic began in 2019. It has changed the lives of people with learning disabilities. We began our project during the first lockdown in April 2020. We came together to set up a website to collect stories and support and learn from…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability, Story Telling
Feasibility of a Peer Mentoring Programme for Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions
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Schwartz, Ariel E.; Levin, Melissa – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: We conducted feasibility testing of a novel peer mentoring intervention addressing self-awareness and proactive coping for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. Aligned with regulatory flexibility theory, we hypothesised that if young adults with intellectual and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health
Factors That Are Hindering and Facilitating Sleep Quality of Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Mothers: A Qualitative Study
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Hayli, Çigdem Müge; Aydin, Ayfer – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Sleep is an important physiological need for children with intellectual disabilities and their mothers. The present study aims to obtain detailed information on the factors that are hindering and facilitating the sleep quality of children with intellectual disabilities and their mothers. Method: Twenty-one mothers of children with…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physiology, Intellectual Disability, Mother Attitudes
"Mindfulness Matters": A Pilot Study of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Group for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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Lake, Sam; MacHale, Rosemary – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: People with intellectual disabilities face increased levels of psychological distress compared with the general population and broadly present with fewer coping strategies. There is emerging evidence of the positive effectiveness of mindfulness in the treatment of various mental health issues such as depression and anxiety amongst…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Variables, Coping, Depression (Psychology)