Academic self-concept could significantly affect academic achievement and self-confidence in children with epilepsy. However, limited attention has been devoted to determining factors influencing academic self-concept of children with epilepsy. We aimed to analyze potentially significant variables (gender, frequency of seizures, duration of epilepsy, intellectual disability, learning disability...

This text is an essential read for nursing students and healthcare professionals working in learning disability. It begins with the origins of learning disability nursing and an overview of the old 'mental deficiency colonies' in institutions.

OBJECTIVES To audit patient hospital records to evaluate the performance of acute general and mental health services in delivering inpatient care to people with learning disability and explore the influence of organisational factors on the quality of care they deliver. SETTING Nine acute general hospital Trusts and six mental health services. PARTICIPANTS Adults with learning disability who...

Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative clinical syndrome that presents in adulthood with an isolated, progressive language disorder. Three main clinical/anatomical variants have been described, each associated with distinctive pathology. A high frequency of neurodevelopmental learning disability in primary progressive aphasia has been reported. Because the disorder is heterogeneous ...

It is well recognised that traumatic events can cause psychological disorders in those who experience them. The most common disorders suffered are depression and substance misuse; others include acute stress reactions, anxiety states and personality changes. One disorder following trauma that has received considerable attention over the past 20 years is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTS...

Memory conjunction errors, that is, when a combination of two previously presented stimuli is erroneously recognized as previously having been seen, were investigated in a face recognition task with drawings and photographs in 23 individuals with learning disability, and 18 chronologically age-matched controls without learning disability. Compared to the controls, individuals with learning disa...

The White Paper ‘Valuing People’ (Department of Health, 2003) promises to increase choice and control for adults with a learning disability, with housing being one area specifically highlighted for this. However, a lack of knowledge about the preferences of adults with a learning disability means that it is very difficult for services to be planned effectively based on the views of the very gro...

AIM To explore the experiences of learning disability and district nurses caring for people with a learning disability at the end of their lives. METHOD A small-scale semi-structured qualitative study involving interviews was carried out to explore the experiences of healthcare professionals from two specialist healthcare settings. FINDINGS Healthcare professionals felt that formal guidelin...