Psychotherapy for people with learning disabilities: the views and experiences of IAPT practitioners

People with learning disabilities frequently experience mood difficulties such as anxiety and depression. UK policy and legislation says they should receive help for this in mainstream mental health services (Department of Health, 2011) with “reasonable adjustments” (Equality Act, 2010) made so this can happen.

Although there is mounting evidence for the effectiveness of psychological therapies for people with learning disabilities it has been found that they cannot always access therapy… http://bit.ly/cforum174