The occurrence of depression in people with learning disability is not a late-20th century phenomenon. Reports were first published in the 1800s describing the existence of depression in individuals with intellectual impairment (Clouston, 1883). However, as we enter a new millennium, the appropriate diagnosis, assessment and treatment of depression, and indeed all forms of mental illness in peo...

Disruptive behaviour disorders have been suggested to be a focus of attention in learning disability psychiatry (Read, S, Disruptive Behaviour Disorders, Wiley, 2007). They comprise a grouping of conduct and personality disorders which emphasises the similarities between the various component diagnoses of: Oppositional Defiant Disorder Conduct Disorder Anti-social Personality Disorder Intermitt...

Aim and learning outcomes The aim of this article is to enable readers to explore the concept of loss in relation to the support of bereaved people with learning disabilities. The concept of loss and its associated effects will be introduced; the challenges in working with bereaved people with learning disabilities identified; approaches to effective support explored and a model providing a bro...

Restricted stimulus control refers to discrimination learning with atypical limitations in the range of controlling stimuli or stimulus features. In the study reported here, 4 normally capable individuals and 10 individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) performed two-sample delayed matching to sample. Sample-stimulus observing was recorded with an eye-tracking apparatus. High accuracy sco...