Abstract Background The Mental Health Service for People with Learning Disabilities
(MHSPLD) is a service development in keeping with UK government policy that promotes …

Accessible summary• This paper looks at how care is given to people with intellectual
disability who have mental health problems.• The paper looks at care since Valuing People …

Background Models of service provision and professional training differ between countries.
This study aims to investigate a specialist intellectual disabilities model and a generic …

Services for people with Intellectual Disability (ID) and coexisting mental health problems
remain undeveloped; research into their effectiveness has been lacking. Three linked recent …

People with intellectual disability in Australia experience poor mental health, are
underrepresented in mental health policy, and encounter major barriers in accessing mental …

Background: Australian publicly funded mental health services play a significant role in the
assessment and management of mental illness for people with intellectual disability …

Background People with intellectual disability experience high rates of mental ill health but
multiple barriers to access to quality mental health care. One significant barrier to access is a …

Background Government guidelines promote the use of mainstream mental health services
for people with intellectual disabilities whenever possible. However, little is known about the …

There is increasing evidence to support the high prevalence of mental illness in adults with
intellectual disability and some studies suggest that the prevalence of mental illness may be …

Purpose–There is ongoing discussion around how to structure psychiatric services to meet
the needs of people with intellectual disability and co‐morbid mental illness and several …