Resource Tag: LEARNING DISABILITIES

Introduction Although risk for suicide appears elevated in individuals with intellectual and developmental disorders (I/DD), few interventions or tools addressing suicide prevention have been adapted for this population. Among evidence-based interventions for preventing suicide, safety planning interventions are an effective and commonly employed intervention for reducing suicide-related risk. Methods By drawing on Special Education praxis […]

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This study assessed the impact of a mental health teaching programme on adolescent pupils. A 2-group pre-test-post-test control study was done in 2 English secondary schools. Experimental classes received 6 lessons on mental health (including suicide/self-harm), control classes did not. Understanding was measured at 2 time points, 8 months apart. Pupils in the experimental classes […]

This study examined the relationships of frequency & type of psychiatric diagnosis to suicidality in a sample of 78 chronically & severely ideating college-age students. The most common diagnoses were depressive & anxiety disorders. Retrospective reports of childhood diagnoses were also quite common. Number of psychiatric diagnoses was significantly correlated with severity of suicide ideation. […]

This resource pack is specifically designed for families & carers to share the experience of death & bereavement with those with learning disabiliites. The package is set up so that materials can be selected to best meet the needs of the individual in exploring, discussing, & sharing personal feelings & experiences. The package contains a […]

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In 1994, the author’s adult son died by suicide. This book is a collection of the sermons he preached on the subject – the first one three weeks after his son’s death & the final one, nine years later. The book chronicles Ritter’s difficult & life-changing healing process.

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File copy includes erratum published in Journal of Adolescent Health, v.28, no.4, (April 2001), p.355

This study examined the prevalence & demographic, injury, & clinical correlates of hopelessness, suicidal ideation & suicide attempts after a traumatic brain injury. Of the 172 participants, 23% reported suicidal ideations & 18% made a suicide attempt following the injury. There was a high degree of co-morbidity between suicide attempts & emotional/psychiatric disturbance. The authors […]

This paper attempts to address some of the issues facing all those who work with & support young adults living with FAS/FAE. It discusses the characteristics & common factors which are part of the developmental process of FAS/FAE. It then reviews certain literature to discover what others have accomplished in defining strategies for facilitators, trainers […]

In response to research showing that people with learning disabilities experience significantly more emotional difficulties following bereavement than the general population, a research study was set up to find an intervention that could be shown to be beneficial to bereaved people with learning disabilities. This paper reports on the findings, comparing two very different types […]

Recognising the need for specialist educational support for bereaved people with learning disabilities, the authors set up a programme to help a group of eight learning disabled people come to terms with multiple or major losses. The programme, a series of ten workshops, was designed to explore a wide range of issues surrounding loss. Results […]

Research on stress, depression & suicide among adolescents with learning disabilities is reviewed from the risk-resilience perspective. Reasons why these adolescents may be at increased risk of suicide are discussed. Data indicate that certain subgroups among adolescents with learning disabilities manifest higher rates of depression; some evidence also supports an increased suicide risk. Methodological problems […]

27 suicide notes from 267 consecutive adolescent suicides were analyzed for spelling & handwriting errors. The suicide notes were dictated to adolescents with learning disabilities & adolescent non-learning disabled controls. 89% of the 27 adolescents who completed suicide had significant deficits in spelling & handwriting similar to those of the learning disabled adolescents. They were […]

This edited book is intended as a handbook for general practitioners, other members of primary health care teams, mental health professionals working in primary care, & academics & educators. Contributors have reviewed the current state of research in the prevention of mental illness & emphasized what practical measures primary health care teams can take to […]