Interview Room Safety in Learning Disability: A Comparison with General Psychiatric Units

Airuehia, Efosa; Agadagba, Ted

doi:10.1179/096979508799103206

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“…Airuehia & Agadagba (2008) also reported on issues affecting staff safety in a comparison of interview rooms between general psychiatric and specialist ID inpatient units in the West Midlands, UK. While the rooms in both services failed many safety standards, those in the ID service had a complete absence of alarms.…”

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confidence: 99%

Annotation: New research into general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness

Chaplin

2009

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background There are a variety of models for the mental health care of adults with comorbid intellectual disability (ID) and mental illness. There has been a long-running debate as to whether this should be provided by general psychiatric or specialised ID services. A previous review concluded that there was no clear evidence to support either model with research being often of a poor quality, lacking replication, and outcome measures were often inappropriate or varied between studies. This review aims assess differences in outcome for patients with ID and mental disorders treated in general or specialised ID mental health services. Method A literature review was conducted using electronic databases and websites of ID and mental health organisations to locate all references where people with ID receive mental health care in general psychiatric services from 2003. No metaanalysis was attempted because of the divergent nature of the studies. Results People with ID (especially severe ID) have reduced access to general psychiatric services. General psychiatric inpatient care is unpopular especially with carers but can be improved by pro-

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Annotation: New research into general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness

Chaplin

2009

J intellect Disabil Res

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Interview Room Safety in Learning Disability: A Comparison with General Psychiatric Units

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References 9 publications

Annotation: New research into general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness

Annotation: New research into general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness

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