Publications by authors named "Ceri Woodrow"

Background: NHS England's Transforming Care agenda aims to reduce the number of adults with intellectual disabilities and autistic adults in mental health hospitals. The aim was to understand the demographic and clinical characteristics of those most at risk of admission.

Method: A cohort, retrospective study of adults using community intellectual disability services in the North West of England from 2018 to 2022 was undertaken.

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  • * A new program called the Multicomponent Anxiety Management Programme for Individuals with Disabilities (MCAMP-ID) is being developed to assess its effectiveness in reducing anxiety in individuals with mild to moderate intellectual disability.
  • * The study will involve 60 participants across various services, comparing the new program with standard treatment, while focusing on recruitment feasibility, retention rates, and suitable outcome measures for future trials.
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Background: There is mixed evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychological therapies for people with intellectual and developmental disorders. Although systematic reviews have supported the use of dialectical behaviour therapy with people with borderline personality disorder, there are no comparable reviews regarding DBT with people with intellectual and development disabilities.

Methods: Studies were identified using a systematic approach and were selected if they reported an intervention that included a DBT skills group and then assessed using the Evaluative Method for Determining Evidence Based Practice.

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The present study uses personal construct theory and the repertory grid technique to examine staff views of individual clients with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, in particular those clients who purge and restrict. Fourteen members of nursing staff, both qualified and non-qualified, participated in the research. The results suggest that the 14 members of staff interviewed did construe clients who purge and clients who restrict in markedly different ways.

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