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Direct linkMichela Tinelli M; Aine Roddy; Martin Knapp; Celso Arango; Maria Andreina Mendez; James Cusack; Declan Murphy; Roberto Canitano; Bethany Oakley; Vinciane Quoidbach – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
We examine the cost-effectiveness of treating epilepsy with anti-epileptic medicines in autistic children, looking at impacts on healthcare providers (in England, Ireland, Italy and Spain) and children's families (in Ireland). We find carbamazepine to be the most cost-effective drug to try first in children with newly diagnosed focal seizures. For…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Epilepsy, Pharmacology
Doyle, Carmel – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
A purposeful sample of 15 mothers of children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities participated in this hermeneutic phenomenological study through interviews and completion of a diary. The aim of the study was to explore mothers' lived experience of 'giving medicines' to children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities.…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Mothers, Drug Therapy, Children
Manduchi, Beatrice; Walshe, Margaret; Burke, Éilish; Carroll, Rachael; McCallion, Philip; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Choking is a serious and under-recognised condition for adults with intellectual disability (ID), with health, psychological and potentially fatal consequences. This study aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors for choking in a population-based sample of older adults with ID. Method: 597 adults with ID (mean age: 60 years…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Eating Disorders, Incidence, Older Adults
Holmes, Eileen M.; Leahy, Joy; Walsh, Cathal D.; White, Arthur; Donnan, Peter T.; Lamrock, Felicity – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Indirect treatment comparisons are useful to estimate relative treatment effects when head-to-head studies are not conducted. Statisticians at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics Ireland (NCPE) and Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new medicines as part of multidisciplinary teams. We describe…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Drug Therapy, Comparative Analysis, Pharmacology
Grey, Ian; Mesbur, Maryann; Lydon, Helena; Healy, Olive; Thomas, Justin – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
This study employs a multiple baseline across individual design to describe the implementation of positive behavioural supports for seven children and adolescents in residential community settings over a period of 24 months. These individuals with intellectual disability are residing in one county with long-standing challenging behaviour resulting…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Children, Adolescents, Residential Institutions
McCarron, Mary; O'Dwyer, Marie; Burke, Eilish; McGlinchey, Eimear; McCallion, Philip – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
There are limited studies on the prevalence of epilepsy and co-morbid conditions in older adults with an ID. To begin to address this prevalence of epilepsy was estimated for participants in the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Associations with demographic variables and co morbid health conditions were…
Descriptors: Incidence, Epilepsy, Comorbidity, Older Adults
Caporino, Nicole E.; Brodman, Douglas M.; Kendall, Philip C.; Albano, Anne Marie; Sherrill, Joel; Piacentini, John; Sakolsky, Dara; Birmaher, Boris; Compton, Scott N.; Ginsburg, Golda; Rynn, Moira; McCracken, James; Gosch, Elizabeth; Keeton, Courtney; March, John; Walkup, John T. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To determine optimal Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS) percent reduction and raw score cut-offs for predicting treatment response and remission among children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Method: Data were from a subset of youth (N = 438; 7-17 years of age) who participated in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Anxiety Disorders, Raw Scores, Child Health
King, Aoibhinn – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2011
Internationally, service user involvement has become a common feature of public policy and more specifically public health policy in the recent decades. In a general context, the involvement of service users in health services has been well documented; however, less evidence is available within the area of drug treatment service provision. This…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Drug Therapy
McDaid, Shari; Delaney, Sarah – Disability & Society, 2011
This paper reports on exploratory, qualitative research conducted with eight people with experience of mental health treatment about their understanding of decision-making capacity. While acknowledging that there are times when mental or emotional distress can interfere with the capacity to make decisions, participants described how their capacity…
Descriptors: Health Services, Qualitative Research, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
Loughran, Hilda; McCann, Mary Ellen – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The EU Action Plan on Drugs (2005-2008) calls for member states of the European Union to provide information on five key epidemiological indicators. These are: general population surveys, prevalence and patterns of problem drug use, drug related infectious diseases, drug related deaths and mortality of drug users, and demand for drug treatment.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Narcotics, Drug Addiction, Drug Use
Fahey, Aine; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Emerson, Eric; Guerin, Suzanne – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: Few empirical studies have compared quality and outcomes for residents with intellectual disability across intentional communities such as those organised by the Camphill communities in Ireland. Method: Using a multi-element research protocol developed for an earlier large study, data were gathered about the characteristics of N = 29…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Group Homes, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTohill, Carmel – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1997
A study investigated whether the effects of anti-epileptic drugs were (carbamazepine, phenobarbitone, and phenytoin) related, to the incidence of fractures in 85 Irish patients. If patients were only on one antiepileptic drug, there appeared to be no correlation; however, if patients were taking a combination of three drugs, they were more likely…
Descriptors: Adults, Drug Therapy, Drug Use, Epilepsy
Download full textDillenburger, Karola; Akhonzada, Rym; Fargas, Montserrat – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
Trauma, bereavement, and loss are universal human experiences. Much has been written about the process that the bereaved go through following the loss of a loved one. Recent events such as 9/11, earthquakes in Turkey, genocides in Rwanda, community conflict in Northern Ireland, and the Asian Tsunami Disaster have drawn unprecedented public…
Descriptors: Grief, Foreign Countries, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Terrorism
