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Read the College statement following abuse scenes shown on Panorama on 22 May 2019.
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- October 2018 (PDF)
- April 2018 (PDF)
- October 2017 (PDF)
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- Psychological therapies and people who have intellectual disabilities
- Challenging behaviour: a unified approach – update April 2016 (PDF)
- Psychotropic drug prescribing for people with intellectual disability, mental health problems and/or behaviours that challenge: practice guidelines April 2016 (PDF)
- Community-based services for people with intellectual disability and mental health problems May 2015 (PDF)
- An Intellectual Disability Outcomes Framework for improving the quality of services for people with intellectual disability May 2015 (PDF)
- Care pathways for people with intellectual disability September 2014 (PDF)
- Forensic care pathways for adults with intellectual disability involved with the criminal justice system February 2014 (PDF)
- People with learning disability and mental health, behavioural or forensic problems: the role of in-patient services July 2013 (PDF)
- Minority ethnic communities and specialist learning disability services July 2011(PDF)
- Future role of psychiatrists working with people with learning disability January 2011 (PDF)
- Guidance on copying clinical letters to patients (Word).
- CR206 Prescribing anti-epileptic drugs for people with epilepsy and intellectual disability October 2017 (PDF)
- CR203 Management of epilepsy in adults with intellectual disability May 2017 (PDF)
- CR200 Psychiatric services for young people with intellectual disabilities Aug 2016 (PDF)
- CR196 Dementia and people with learning disabilities 2015 (PDF) see under BPS Resources/Guidance
- CR175 Enabling people with mild intellectual disability and mental health problems to access healthcare services November 2012
- *Easy read format (PDF)
- CR144 Challenging Behaviour: A Unified Approach June 20017 (PDF)
- Challenging behaviour: a unified approach – update April 2016 (PDF)
- No Medication...? Why...? Medication might not be the best thing to help people with learning disabilities or autism who are showing challenging behaviours (PDF)
- World Psychiatric Association (WPA) report on mental health issues in people with intellectual disability (PDF)
- NICE guideline on Mental Health problems in people with learning disabilities (PDF)
- Guidance for prison healthcare staff treating patients with learning disabilities (PDF)
- Guidance on the assessment and diagnosis of intellectual disabilities in adulthood (PDF)
- Guidance for commissioners of mental health services for people with learning disabilities (PDF)
- Improving the Health and Wellbeing of People with Learning Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Commissioning Guide for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) (PDF)
- CIPOLD: Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities (PDF)
- Department of Health Concordat on Winterbourne View (PDF)
- *Easy read format (PDF)
- Department of Health Final Report on Winterbourne View (PDF)
- *Easy read format (PDF)
- South Gloucestershire Serious Case Review (PDF)
- *Easy read format (PDF)
- CQC report on 150 unannounced inspections to care homes (PDF)
- *Easy read format (PDF)
- Forgotten Europeans Forgotten Rights (PDF)
- CQC action plan for learning disability (PDF)
- SUDEP leaflet: Epilepsy - make your risk smaller (PDF) and Easy read format (PDF)
- Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Section in the EPA
- Literature for professionals on Intellectual Disabilities Psychiatry: reading list (PDF)
- Improving the care of people with ID: examples of Clinical Audit projects (PDF)
- The GMC’s interactive learning and guidance on intellectual disability issues
- Blake Marsh Lectures (Word).
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