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Emotional well-being for all: mental health and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities

Emotional well-being for all: mental health and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Emotional well-being for all: mental health and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
This article considers the emotional well-being of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. It identifies the factors that have particularly affected this group of people: an historical failure to acknowledge their human status; deficit-based services, a lack of voice and communication barriers. Whilst these factors are of importance to all people with learning disabilities, evidence is presented that those with profound and multiple learning disabilities are the most likely to experience challenges to their mental health and the least likely to receive appropriate support. A strategy for developing our understanding and good practice in the area is suggested. This prioritises areas for future work and suggests that a collaborative approach is most likely to yield positive outcomes for these individuals.
profound and multiple learning disabilities, emotional well-being, mental health, inclusion
1354-4187
34-38
Sheehy, Kieron
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Nind, Melanie
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Sheehy, Kieron
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Nind, Melanie
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Sheehy, Kieron and Nind, Melanie (2005) Emotional well-being for all: mental health and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33 (1), 34-38. (doi:10.1111/j.1468-3156.2004.00290.x).

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This article considers the emotional well-being of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. It identifies the factors that have particularly affected this group of people: an historical failure to acknowledge their human status; deficit-based services, a lack of voice and communication barriers. Whilst these factors are of importance to all people with learning disabilities, evidence is presented that those with profound and multiple learning disabilities are the most likely to experience challenges to their mental health and the least likely to receive appropriate support. A strategy for developing our understanding and good practice in the area is suggested. This prioritises areas for future work and suggests that a collaborative approach is most likely to yield positive outcomes for these individuals.

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Published date: 2005
Keywords: profound and multiple learning disabilities, emotional well-being, mental health, inclusion

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Local EPrints ID: 15350
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15350
ISSN: 1354-4187
PURE UUID: 28e9bbd1-09f6-47a4-a785-ac188fd1e34e

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Date deposited: 05 Oct 2005
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:38

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Author: Kieron Sheehy
Author: Melanie Nind

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