mental health

Reasonable adjustments are adaptations and accommodations that should, in theory, minimise disadvantages faced by disabled people in education, employment, and housing, as well as services such as shops, hospitals, and banks. Darren Devine discusses how reasonable adjustments could look for people with a learning disability - but how far can they address health inequalities? 

MSP Daniel Johnson found his life to be chaotic and difficult to cope with. Now diagnosed with ADHD, he understands the symptoms that have affected him since he was a child. Speaking to Darren Devine, he reflects upon how receiving a diagnosis - and appropriate medication - has changed his life.  

Grainne Eloi, Interim Head of Mental Health Services at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, discusses how new technology reduces unnecessarily long hospital stays.

The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation) in a variety of settings.

The largest in-depth study of cognitive abilities in people with Down’s syndrome means that clinical trials for preventing Alzheimer's disease may be possible. 

Explores whether CBT can be adapted and used effectively for people with learning disabilities. 

Under the overarching mental health law covering England and Wales, people with a learning disability and/or autism can be detained for assessment and treatment, even though their conditions are not medically treatable. This needs to change.

A nationwide online study has been launched that aims to understand why autistic people may be more at risk of depression and suicide than the general population.

The number of people in inpatient psychiatric or learning disability beds fell between 2014 and 2016, according to an NHS survey.

New research suggests that the three conditions are all linked by disruptions in the structure of the corpus callosum.