Literature review Blog Posts

• Improvements in psychological well-being in parents with learning disabilities can be achieved by improvements in social support

  26 Mar 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Internet based groups for older carers of people with learning disabilities can improve social support

  23 Mar 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Research collaborations between academics and people with learning disabilities can strengthen the ethical integrity of research

  22 Mar 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Review fails to find direct link between childhood disability and increased risk for child abuse and neglect

  21 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Adult mediation has pivotal role in promoting engagement through haptic strategies in children with learning disabilities and visual impairment

  09 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• International review of deinstitutionalisation outcomes shows gains in quality of life but poor responses to health care needs

  27 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Health inequalities in young people with learning disabilities associated with preventable environmental determinants

  17 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Advances in neuroimaging provide insights into anotomical features of the brain in people with autism

  05 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Review provides support for use of psychotherapy with people with learning disabilities but better studies needed

  21 Nov 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Review finds higher rates of trauma in learning disability population but lower rates of access to treatment

  09 Nov 2011

  • John Northfield