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Gerda de Kuijper; Josien Jonker; Rory Sheehan; Angela Hassiotis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: In people with intellectual disabilities and mental disorders and/or challenging behaviours, rates of psychotropic drug prescription are high. In clinical treatments and evaluations, all stakeholders should be involved in a process of shared decision-making (SDM). We aimed to investigate the perspectives of clients and their carers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Drug Use, Physician Patient Relationship
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Fangyuan Liu; Sander Begeer; Rosa A. Hoekstra; Chongying Wang; Anke M. Scheeren – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Despite an estimated population of 10 million autistic individuals, there is still a significant lack of research on autistic adults in China. This study aimed to investigate the extent and factors influencing community integration (employment, independent living and friendship) and life satisfaction among young autistic adults in China, and…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Cross Cultural Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
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Grootscholten, Inge A. C.; van Wijngaarden, Bob; Kan, Cornelis C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Primary caregivers experience consequences from being in close contact to a person with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study used the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire to explore the level of consequences of 104 caregivers involved with adults with High Functioning ASD (HF-ASD) and compared these with the consequences reported by…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Patients, Schizophrenia