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Auty, Ellen; Scior, Katrina – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
There are now ample guidelines for the assessment and diagnosis of possible dementia in individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and Down syndrome. However, little is known about their implementation in clinical practice. This study set out to examine the clinical practice of one key professional group, namely clinical psychologists. A…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychologists, Dementia, Focus Groups
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Mason, Jonathan; Scior, Katrina – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Mental health problems are known to be hard to recognize in people with intellectual disabilities. One factor that may contribute to this is the diagnostic overshadowing bias, which describes the tendency of the clinicians to overlook symptoms of mental health problems in this client group and attribute them to being part of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychologists, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health