RCT evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of Positive Behaviour Support for challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability.
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We have now recruited over 150 dyads of adults with learning disability and their carers to the PETAL main trial! 1⃣5⃣0⃣🎉We are grateful to everyone who has decided to join us. @NoclorResearch @likahassiotis @PRIMENT_UCL
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To prescribe or not to prescribe – that is the question? cambridgeblog.org/2024/11/to… via @CUPAcademic
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I am a researcher looking for autistic adults (18+) to take part in a project. It involves completing computer tasks/questionnaires face to face (cannot be done online). Message or email the address below for more information. Based in Lancashire but can travel! Please share :)
Aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities thank you @LearningDisElf for hosting a blog on our work & James Smith Statewide Mental Health Outreach Service NSW AU @PETALProgramme @likahassiotis et al nationalelfservice.net/learn…
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A recent paper found that exposure to relatable female role models affects your likelihood of choosing that specialty.
But it's vital we don’t become tokenistic in how we view female role models, says @ClaraEMunro, or forget the cost of paving the way
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Happy World Down syndrome day #WDSD2024. Our team celebrated on Saturday with friends and families. Everyone had lots of fun!
Happy World Down Syndrome Day 2024 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fun-filled day of talks and activities at The Crick Institute on Saturday. We can’t wait to see you again next year! #WorldDownSyndromeDay
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#MentalHealth #autism @Autism @Autistica @AutisticDoctor @LdSenate @rcpsych @rcpsychGAP @BPSOfficial
Thanks to the 180 autistic adults who have taken part in our survey so far! We still need help to reach our target of 500! Taking part will help develop new mental health assessment tools with and for autistic adults. Further info/take part here: nottinghampsych.eu.qualtrics…
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Our 🆕 paper The views of psychiatrists on proposed changes to the England and Wales Mental Health Act 1983 legislation for people with intellectual disability: A national study ➡️ express serious concern in proposed changes @LearningDisElf journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Our MSc is currently open to applications from clinicians. Deadline 30th June. Find out more here about the course (ucl.ac.uk/prospective-studen…), bursaries (ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/study/p…) and student experiences (ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/news/20…) @UCLPsychiatry
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Complex interventions for aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: a rapid realist review informed by multiple populations | medRxiv not yet peer reviewed 👇🏻 @likahassiotis @PBSstudy @jmhrid medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Want to study the #brain and #human #behaviour in the real-world using new methods and #digital #technologies? Find out more about the @UCLPALS's Doctoral Training Programme for the Ecological study of the Brain MPhil/PhD here: bit.ly/374TvFt
ALT Applications for September 2023 open. Join us in the study of the interaction between human brain function, behaviour and real-world environments. Application deadline: 9 January 2023.
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Chair of the Child and Adolescent Faculty, @DrElaineLockha1 said the figures were “a concern but not a surprise. We’ve got a lot of children and young people who have become more unwell. Services are really struggling to meet their needs.”
‘This cannot go on’: rise in under-18s on adult psychiatric wards in UK theguardian.com/society/2022…
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No. No. No!! This has to change. The pain inflicted by wrong words and language cannot be underestimated.
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Tony Hickmott: Autistic man to be released after 21 years in hospital bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62819017
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The #LeDeR21 annual report provides details of causes and circumstances of deaths of people with a learning disability: more action is clearly needed to tackle deficits in care, health inequalities, and premature avoidable deaths. Report here - kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
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New paper from LonDownS, suggesting an extra copy of genes on chromosome 21 may partially protect people with Down syndrome during the earliest phases of Alzheimer’s disease #DownSyndrome #Alzheimers @UKDRI
An important new study led by Dr Frances Wiseman (UK DRI at UCL) reveals a subset of genes that may protect against the accumulation of amyloid beta, a protein implicated in #Alzheimers, in people who have #DownSyndrome👉buff.ly/3Pr1dh0
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This is a very good point about attending to the environment on inpatient wards and trying to make sure it's tolerable in the boiling days ahead...
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Clearly these trials are not inclusive of populations w/ adversity or hard to reach etc but this is a problem across all types of research whether psychosocial or medicines it’s a shame!
Dr. Michael Rafii gave an amazing presentation highlighting the importance of clinical trials for AD in DS. He also discussed about new clinical trials targeting AD in this population. #T21RS2022
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We want an Associate Professor or Professor in Medical Statistics to work with us in the UCL Division of Psychiatry
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