Community services for LD Flashcards
1
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Normalisation
A
social principle that aims to enable the intellectually disabled to experience ‘normal’ patterns of everyday life including living in their own homes, having a job and taking part in ‘normal’ day to day activities
-Nirje and Wolfensberger
2
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Social role valorisation
A
- including and creating opportunities for LD people to take on valued social roles
- helps society to value people with LD
3
Q
Valuing people 2007
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4 principles
- rights
- independence
- choice
- inclusion
4
Q
Deinstitutionalisation
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- release of individuals from institutional care such as psychiatric hospital to care in the community
- occurred in 1980s
5
Q
Prevalence of LD among offenders
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- prevalence is 1-10% in the UK
- 30% of offenders have a learning difficulty
- 7% have an IQ below 70, 25% have an IQ below 80
6
Q
Prevalence of mental health problems in patients with LD
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- 30-50%
- higher rates of psychiatric disorder in severe LD
- 32% more likely to have an mental health problem than the general population
7
Q
Rate of schizophrenia in LD
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3%
8
Q
Rate of BPAD in LD
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1.5%
9
Q
Rate of depression in LD
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4%
10
Q
Rate of agoraphobia in LD
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1.5%
11
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Rate of OCD in LD
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2.5%
12
Q
Rate of autism in LD
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7%
13
Q
Rate of severe problem behaviour in LD
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10-15%
14
Q
Psychiatric Assessment schedule for adults with developmental disabilities (PAS-ADD)
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-allows diagnosis under ICD-10
