Using wordless books to support clinical consultations

Hollins, Sheila; Carpenter, Barry; Bradley, Elspeth; Egerton, Jo

doi:10.1108/jmhtep-03-2017-0022

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“…Beyond Words offers word-free books specifically designed with adults with word-processing or other communication difficulties, , to enhance emotional and health literacy. Beyond Words books about issues such as abuse, bereavement and feeling upset and angry can support people to express themselves, but also help develop staff empathy (Hollins 2017), facilitating a relational working approach. D is being helped by the hospital's new approach to better listen to, communicate and build relationships with patients.…”

Section: Effective Mental Health System Responses To the Challenges O...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Listening to the experts: person-centred approaches to supporting autistic people and people with an intellectual disability in the mental health system

Quinn,

Wood,

Lodge

et al. 2023

BJPsych advances

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SUMMARYDespite numerous UK government policies aimed at reducing the number of autistic people and people with an intellectual disability in mental health hospitals, little progress has been made, with many experiencing lengthy stays that offer little therapeutic benefit. Once admitted, people are at risk of restrictive interventions and significantly delayed discharge, resulting in trauma. This article draws on the cases of four people to illustrate the limitations of current mental health system approaches to the challenges experienced by autistic people and people with an intellectual disability. The importance of relational working and listening to people is explored, and we demonstrate how this can facilitate the provision of bespoke housing and care packages to enable a successful return to life in the community. Finally, we offer recommendations on the changes urgently needed to ensure that autistic people and people with an intellectual disability can live ordinary lives in their own homes, with timely and effective support from mental health services when needed, just like everyone else.

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Section: Effective Mental Health System Responses To the Challenges O...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Listening to the experts: person-centred approaches to supporting autistic people and people with an intellectual disability in the mental health system

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Wood,

Lodge

et al. 2023

BJPsych advances

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“…The easier read participant information sheet and consent form were designed specifically with short simple sentences supported in a pictorial format with the expertise of people with intellectual disabilities. Hollins et al (2017) suggest that pictorial resources reduce anxiety and empower the person with an intellectual disability.…”

Section: Communication and Consentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Successful strategies for including adults with intellectual disabilities in research studies that use interpretative phenomenological analysis

2021

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Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities are not regularly recruited as participants in health research which may be due to perceptions regarding their inability to participate meaningfully with or without significant support and anticipated difficulty in gaining ethical approval because of issues around consent and mental capacity. This means that the voices of people with an intellectual disability are often missing within health research and their experiences and views are unexplored.Aim: To share successful strategies for accessing, recruiting and collecting data from a purposive sample of adults with an intellectual disability using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).Discussion: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was a person-centred, flexible and creative approach to adopt. Meaningful collaboration with people with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers, advocacy group managers, specialists within intellectual disability services and research supervisors was vital to the success of conducting this study. Practical strategies for including people with an intellectual disability in a study from the perspective of a novice researcher, an outsider to the field of intellectual disability, have been shared. A limitation is that participants were not included in all stages of the research process. Conclusion: Inclusion of participants with an intellectual disability in research studiesis important and achievable for healthcare researchers. A framework to support Accepted manuscript 22.3.21 researchers outside of the specialist field of intellectual disabilities has been presented.Implications for practice: Adults with intellectual disabilities often receive poor healthcare and have poorer outcomes which is perpetuated if their input into research is not facilitated. People with intellectual disabilities make valuable contributions to the evidence base; personal views and perceptions of healthcare are important if health services are to meet individual needs.

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“…Concretizing situations can be helpful for this reason. One such effort is the Beyond Words book collection, which uses images to tell stories that illustrate emotions and mental health challenges (Hollins et al, 2017). For instance, in Ron' s Feeling Blue, readers learn about symptoms of depression (Hollins et al, 2014), and in Feeling Cross and Sorting it Out (Hollins et al, 2011), readers learn about dealing with anger and frustration and coming up with alternatives to acting aggressively.…”

Section: Mental Health Assessment and Clinical Formulationmentioning

confidence: 99%