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A Survey of Referrals to Specialist Services for People with Learning Disabilities who have a Dual Diagnosis or Challenging Behaviour
Author(s) -
Allen David,
Kerr Mike
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1994.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - dual diagnosis , learning disability , intervention (counseling) , multidisciplinary approach , challenging behaviour , dual (grammatical number) , service (business) , case management , psychology , scale (ratio) , community service , rating scale , medicine , medical education , nursing , psychiatry , mental health , developmental psychology , public relations , business , physics , literature , marketing , quantum mechanics , sociology , political science , art , social science
There exists, as yet, no proven service model for people with learning difficulties who are difficult to serve in community settings. This paper describes an initial survey of referrals to separate services for people with a dual diagnosis or behavioural challenges using a structured rating scale. Few significant differences were evident between the populations using the two services, and those which were found related more to the severity of management problems rather than diagnostic criteria. It is suggested that planners and clinicians should avoid producing overlapping services and concentrate instead on unified multidisciplinary assessment and intervention.