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Jewish psychiatric patients were simultaneously exposed to National Socialist exclusion and extermination strategies against the “inferior” in two ways: as Jews and as psychiatric patients. Despite this, their fate has not met with much public or research interest to date. By analysing more than 230 case files and numerous other documents, the article exposes the […]
…Disabled people are exposed to a higher incidence of violence compared to the population average. Consequently, they are often described as ‘vulnerable’. This article argues that this concept focuses explanations for violence on the person at risk. It therefore redirects attention towards the social forces that make violence more likely to occur. With reference to […]
…To assist families and organizations in their planning for extended care that accompanies the diagnosis of dementia, the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices ( NTG) in the United States adopted a set of practice guidelines covering the period from when suspicions are aroused to when care ends with eventual death. These […]
…Objective: Identifying the comparative contributions of different forms of violence exposure to trauma sequelae can help to prioritize interventions for polyvictimized youth living in contexts of limited mental health resources. This study aimed to establish gender patterns in the independent and comparative contributions of five types of violence exposure to the severity of posttraumatic stress […]
…Abstract: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is defined by extreme levels of inattention–disorganization and/or hyperactivity–impulsivity. In DSM-IV, the diagnostic criteria required impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning. With DSM-5 publication imminent in 2013, further evaluation of impairment in ADHD is timely. This article reviews the current state of knowledge on health-related impairments of ADHD, including smoking, […]
…The author discusses the risk of abuse in people with learning disabilities. She describes a research project which aimed to train participants to recognize the abuse and protect themselves. She states that abuse endured by people with learning disabilities goes unnoticed, and that the victims may lose self-confidence and have psychological effects in the long […]
…The author discusses the mistreatment of residents with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View hospital and mentions the course of action employed by the Department of Health (DH) to address the situation. Resumen realizado por el/los autor/es
…The article focuses on a report revealing the response of Great Britain’s Care Services Minister Norman Lamb to the Winterbourne View Scandal. The report shows that too many patients were being treated inappropriately in assessment and treatment centres far from their homes. Lamb stresses the need for tighter corporate accountability in the learning disability practice. […]
…In December 2012 the Department of Health published Transforming Care: A National Response to Winterbourne View Hospital, which sets out a programme of action to transform services for people with learning disabilities or autism, and with mental health conditions or behaviours that are described as challenging. This article is a summary of the report. INSET: […]
…Child services organisations need policies that minimise the risk of sexual abuse of the children in their care. In particular, managers (and the public) are justifiably concerned when abuse is perpetrated by individuals who should not have been working with children in the first place. Unfortunately, there has been relatively little work on determining unacceptable […]
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