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Deb, Shoumitro; Limbu, Bharati; Nancarrow, Tom; Gerrard, David; Shankar, Rohit – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Overprescribing of off-licence psychotropic medications, particularly antipsychotics, for challenging behaviours in people with intellectual disabilities without a psychiatric disorder is a significant public health concern. In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service England launched an initiative in 2016, 'STopping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatry, Experience, Adults
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Winterbotham, Sonya; Knight, Bob G.; Preez, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Through the filtering of information, the creation, and reinforcement of stereotypes, media moulds attitudes and set agendas on critical social issues including public policy and disability. Methods: This study explored Australian media representations of the care of people with intellectual disability during a crucial period in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Mass Media, Mass Media Effects