***Apologies for cross posting***

 

To mark World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) and Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week (19–25 March) we have highlighted below some content from across Emerald Group Publishing Limited’s Learning/Intellectual Disabilities sub-collection of Health & Social Care journals.

 

These articles are available for free access between 19 March and 25 March to help raise awareness of the issues involved in working with this client group: http://bit.ly/FWaCSO

 

Research on service improvement

Establishing a database for proactive screening of adults with Down's Syndrome: when services work together
Ben Hobson, Diane Webb, Lynda Sprague, Moni Grizzell, Cliff Hawkins, Susan M. Benbow
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Volume: 6 Issue: 2

 

The views of young people and their carers

What kind of a future for young people with Down's Syndrome? The views and aspirations of young people and families
Jill Davies, Hazel Morgan
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review Volume: 15 Issue: 4

Commentary on: What kind of a future for young people with Down's Syndrome? The views and aspirations of young people and families
Michelle McCarthy
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review Volume: 15 Issue: 4

A case report highlighting the ethical dilemmas of screening

Ethical dilemmas of antenatal screening for Down's Syndrome in primary care
Neil Douglas
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Volume: 4 Issue: 1

Evidence on risk of dementia in Down Syndrome

Difficulties of dealing with dementia in individuals with intellectual disabilities: the healthcare perspective
Hannah Jethwa, Geraldine Cassidy
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Volume: 4 Issue: 4

 

Research on behavioural phenotypes

Recent advances in behavioural phenotypes as they affect adults
Gregory O'Brien, Ruth Bevan
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Volume: 5 Issue: 4

A unique case study

Partial trisomy of the long arm of Chromosome 6 in a female with mild intellectual disability and mental health problems
Dimitrios Paschos, Mohammed Omer Rather, Sally Walsh, Frances Flinter
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Volume: 5 Issue: 3

Further information and a list of all titles available in our Health & Social Care collection of journals is available at our website: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/collections/health-and-social-care.htm

 

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