The electronic version of our book 'A Psychological Approach to Diagnosis: Using the ICD-11 as a Framework' is being published and be available on 9th April and print copy on April 30th. It can be preordered from amazon.com and apa.org. Up up ICD-11!

Our new paper BJPsych Journals finds 42% of 181 people with intellectual disabilities (ID) r/w had chronic constipation.Risk factors include severe ID/dysphagia/CP/mobility/polypharmacy(antipsychotics & antiseizure med).FREE ACCESS & DOWNLOAD CIDER Research University of Plymouth bit.ly/3P46sVZ

A massive congratulations to Katherine Marlow, PhD who sailed through her PhD viva last week!🌟Her examiners commented on her 'very impressive' performance and the incredible impact of her work for autistic children with learning disabilities💛Two very proud supervisors! Dr Rory T. Devine 🏳️‍🌈

Gopd to see that all the places for the National Autism Training for Psychiatrists conducted by RCPsych were filled in a few hours both at the Foundation and Advanced levels

Paula McGowan OBE has become an ambassador for Epilepsy Action.

Paula McGowan OBE. aims to work with the organisation to raise awareness, saying 'It is about making a difference for everyone who has epilepsy, their families and carers.'

Read more here: epilepsy.org.uk/paula-mcgowan-…

Attending Midlands Regional STOMP/STAMP Framework Launch Event. Inspirational contributions from people on medication and their families.

What is AuDHD? It took me 25 years to get diagnosed metro.co.uk/2024/01/20/aud… via Metro

Our new paper in Journal of Neurology looks via CPRD at epidemiology, pt characteristics & mortality in 34,647 people with drug-resistant epilepsy in UK, 2011–2021 DRE associated with higher deprivation & 4 times higher mortality. FREE ACCESS/DOWNLOAD.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Autism Central are running lots of free autism workshops and resources for families and carers. Anything that interests you, sign up! Some start Monday!

autismcentral.org.uk/events

#Autism #FamilyCarers

Illness is not a business opportunity.

Please follow and RT if you agree, and help us campaign to keep the NHS for people, not profit.

#Oliverscampaign Tor Butler-Cole
Denying life saving treatment to people who have a learning disability MUST STOP
Can doctors NHS trusts not see just how discriminative this is
Girl, 17, with severe learning disabilities to get life-saving kidney dialysis manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

The first in our series of 5 webinars next year kicks off with Antipsychotic medication and Weight management in LD from Irem Deniz (Specialist Community Learning Disabilties Dietitian).
More details to follow 👀
#learningdisabilities #dietetics #healthinequalities

Published today in Nature Medicine, the REP-EQUITY toolkit aims to help researchers develop more equitable and representative research.

Watch our video to hear from lead author Dr Ameeta Retzer and one of our PPI partners - and read more here👉 birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/rep-equity-too…

Please to an oak

Are you taking medication for your #MentalHealth ? Have your say. We have created a survey to get the views of people with a #LearningDisability and #Autistic people. Watch this video to find out why it’s important- engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/5711c69…
#StompAndStamp #Carer  
Mind

📢NEW BOOK📢

Pleased to announce that 'Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Across Cultures' is now available for pre-order (release date - 20th Oct)!😀

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Regi Alexander Satheesh kumar Gangadharan Chaya Kapugama Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust LPT Research Team Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS HPFT Sussex Partnership SAPPHIRE research Oxford University Press

Great work folk 👏 So proud of our team & our associates Samuel Tromans Bhathika Perera Brain in Hand Regi Alexander Ashok Roy Peninsula Medical School CFT Research Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Richard Laugharne

Indermeet Sawhney with the future flag bearers of ID psychiatry (run through trainees)Intellectual Disability Trainees UK Psychiatry of ID Ken Courtenay Ashok Roy

Starting the ID faculty conference with a touching message from Indermeet Sawhney to embrace our differences and celebrate our diversity Ken Courtenay Intellectual Disability Trainees UK Psychiatry of ID Ashok Roy Professor Rohit Shankar Bhathika Perera Sujeet Jaydeokar Regi Alexander CANDDID

Looking forward to opening the second advanced autism training course for psychiatrists on Wednesday 11th October. If all goes according to plan we would have trained nearly 2000 psychiatrists (Foundation and Advanced) by March 2024. Hope we can secure funding after April 2024.