Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;20(5):456-60. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282ab9963.
Current opinion in psychiatry
Dave Dagnan
PMID: 17762587 DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282ab9963
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent research on psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and mental ill-health.
RECENT FINDINGS: Psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and mental ill-health are poorly developed. Recent research has focused upon individual therapeutic interventions and the evaluation of structures for the delivery of services to people with intellectual disabilities and mental ill-health. There is little research that has examined psychosocial interventions with carers or families, and the impact of housing, leisure and employment for this group of people.
SUMMARY: As people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly recognized as having severe and enduring mental ill-health, the development of an evidence base for psychosocial intervention is of considerable importance.
