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Trainees' assessment and management of mental illness in adults with mild learning disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kapil Sayal  and
Sarah Bernard
Kapil Sayal
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Sarah Bernard
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Abstract

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Recommended changes in services for adults with mild learning disabilities are likely to have training implications. A case vignette study examined the effect of coexistent mental illness and learning disability on trainees' clinical assessment and management. Mental illness was more likely to be diagnosed in those with a mild learning disability than in a control group who had no learning disability. Despite this, the learning disability group was less likely to receive treatment. Service and training issues are discussed.

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Trainees' Forum
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 9 , September 1998 , pp. 571 - 572
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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