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Clearly these trials are not inclusive of populations w/ adversity or hard to reach etc but this is a problem across all types of research whether psychosocial or medicines it’s a shame!

Congratulations to our colleagues on their promotions! 👏 To Professor: Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Rebecca Gould, Quentin Huys To Associate Professor: James Bisby Dr Gemma Lewis To Principal Research Fellow: Francesca Solmi To Senior Research Fellow: Dr Nicola White bit.ly/3nOk3Tj

This is a very good point about attending to the environment on inpatient wards and trying to make sure it's tolerable in the boiling days ahead...

New paper from LonDownS, suggesting an extra copy of genes on chromosome 21 may partially protect people with Down syndrome during the earliest phases of Alzheimer’s disease #DownSyndrome #Alzheimers UK Dementia Research Institute

The #LeDeR21 annual report provides details of causes and circumstances of deaths of people with a learning disability: more action is clearly needed to tackle deficits in care, health inequalities, and premature avoidable deaths. Report here - kcl.ac.uk/research/leder

Tony Hickmott: Autistic man to be released after 21 years in hospital bbc.co.uk/news/uk-628190…

No. No. No!! This has to change. The pain inflicted by wrong words and language cannot be underestimated. theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Chair of the Child and Adolescent Faculty, @DrElaineLockha1 said the figures were “a concern but not a surprise. We’ve got a lot of children and young people who have become more unwell. Services are really struggling to meet their needs.”

Want to study the #brain and #human #behaviour in the real-world using new methods and #digital #technologies? Find out more about the UCL Psych & Lang Sci's Doctoral Training Programme for the Ecological study of the Brain MPhil/PhD here: bit.ly/374TvFt

Complex interventions for aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: a rapid realist review informed by multiple populations | medRxiv not yet peer reviewed 👇🏻 ⁦Angela Hassiotis ([email protected])⁩ ⁦UCL PBS study⁩ ⁦JMHRID⁩ medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our MSc is currently open to applications from clinicians. Deadline 30th June. Find out more here about the course (ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st…), bursaries (ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/stu…) and student experiences (ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/new…) UCL Psychiatry

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Our 🆕 paper The views of psychiatrists on proposed changes to the England and Wales Mental Health Act 1983 legislation for people with intellectual disability: A national study ➡️ express serious concern in proposed changes ⁦The Learning Dis Elf⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

#MentalHealth #autism National Autistic Society Autistica Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈 Learning Disability Senate Royal College of Psychiatrists rcpsych GAP British Psychological Society

Happy World Down syndrome day #WDSD2024. Our team celebrated on Saturday with friends and families. Everyone had lots of fun!

A recent paper found that exposure to relatable female role models affects your likelihood of choosing that specialty. But it's vital we don’t become tokenistic in how we view female role models, says Clara Munro, or forget the cost of paving the way bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities thank you ⁦The Learning Dis Elf⁩ for hosting a blog on our work & James Smith Statewide Mental Health Outreach Service NSW AU ⁦PETAL⁩ ⁦Angela Hassiotis ([email protected])⁩ et al nationalelfservice.net/learning-disab…

I am a researcher looking for autistic adults (18+) to take part in a project. It involves completing computer tasks/questionnaires face to face (cannot be done online). Message or email the address below for more information. Based in Lancashire but can travel! Please share :)

To prescribe or not to prescribe – that is the question? cambridgeblog.org/2024/11/to-pre… via Cambridge University Press - Academic

We have now recruited over 150 dyads of adults with learning disability and their carers to the PETAL main trial! 1⃣5⃣0⃣🎉We are grateful to everyone who has decided to join us. Noclor NHS Research Office Angela Hassiotis ([email protected]) Priment Clinical Trials Unit