Learning disabilities Blog Posts

• Distinctions between capacity and competence in people with learning disabilities in the Mental Capacity Act

  29 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Developmental issues should be assessed as part of psychiatric diagnosis in people with learning disabilities

  28 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing helps with PTSD symptoms in two people with learning disabilities

  23 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Understanding the concept of death helps people with learning disabilities during the bereavement process

  22 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Study finds poor progress towards implementing health checks for people with learning disabilities

  21 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Guidance on better health outcomes for commissioners and providers of social care for people with learning disabilities

  20 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Organisational climates with good person-environment fit have reduced burnout in services for people with learning disabilities

  19 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Over inclusive definition of vulnerability may limit life experiences of people with learning disabilities

  16 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• New employment relationships between with learning disabilities and their paid supporters still to be explored in the literature

  15 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• A human rights approach to risk management balances individual rights within the management strategy

  14 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield