Medscape

Pharmacological Interventions for Challenging Behaviour in Children With Intellectual Disabilities

This review and meta-analysis followed methodological and reporting guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), [25] Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of ...
Learning Disability Today

CBF launches new transition guide to adulthood for young people with learning disabilities

A new guide on the transition to adulthood from the Challenging Behaviour Foundation examines the issues that young people with learning disabilities and their families face, as well as examples of ...
Learning Disability TodayOpinion

Listening saves lives: learning disability nursing and lessons from the 2026 Ockenden Report

The findings of the 2026 Ockenden Report, although focused on maternity care, resonate across wider health and social care ...
The Conversation

Antipsychotics used to manage autism and intellectual disability behaviour can have serious side effects – new study

Antipsychotic medication is typically licensed in the UK for people with serious mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia. But in recent years, some antipsychotic drugs have been prescribed ...
Oxford Mail

Warning over use of mental illness drugs for challenging behaviour

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...
The Guardian

Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says union

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’ The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in ...