Mental health and intellectual disability: recent papers and presentations from 3DN (University of NSW)

The Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN) at the University of New South Wales is generous in sharing its work online.  Recent online publications of interest to readers of this blog include:

• Improving the Mental Health of People with an Intellectual Disability, Assoc Prof Julian Trollor, December 2013 - presentation to a Special Olympics Australia Health Symposium, held in conjunction with the opening of the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle.

• Intellectual Disability Mental Health (IDMH) - Practical Guidance for Justice Health Assoc Prof Julian Trollor -  presentation to medical officers working within forensic and custodial settings: 

• Clinical Services Planning for Adults with an Intellectual Disability (ID) and Co-occurring Mental Disorders,  Sophie Mowett and Julian Trollor, September 2013 - A plan for mental health service development submitted (by invitation) to the NSW Mental Health Commission’s ‘Models of Care’ project. 'It is hoped that this paper will assist the Commission to plan for better public mental health services for people with an ID in NSW in the future.' 

• To broaden the horizon - comparing Australian and Dutch healthcare for people with ID, an inservice presentation by Dr Willemijn Hensbroek, Erasmus University. A three year Specialty training in Intellectual Disabiity Medicine has been available in the Netherlands since 2000. Dr Hensbroek is visiting 3DN as part of her traineeship.

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