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EDITORIAL When Mental Handicap Research was launched in 1988, its purpose was to ‘publish up-to-date information resulting from applied research . . . of a high scientific standard’ and the intention was for the journal to have a ‘multi-disciplinary appeal’. Empirical reports were expected to reach high methodological standards and reviews to be closely argued. Seven years on, services for people with intellectual disabilities have changed in some ways and research has advanced, though of course much more remains to be done. For example, many institutions both in the UK and in other countries have closed or have progressed towards closure in recent years. Research published in Mental Handicap Research and else- where has generally validated the community alternatives but has also shown the need for more work on the determinants of quality, particularly if the kinds of service accomplishments commonly talked about are to be made a reality. Moreover, the UK government’s community care policies, with their emphasis on market economics, have put financial pressure on community care and we read almost daily in the national press of scandals in community-based services reminiscent of the old institutions. There is still a major need for service-related research, therefore, to evaluate http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

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Wiley
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"Copyright © 1995 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company"
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1360-2322
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1468-3148
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10.1111/j.1468-3148.1995.tb00138.x
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When Mental Handicap Research was launched in 1988, its purpose was to ‘publish up-to-date information resulting from applied research . . . of a high scientific standard’ and the intention was for the journal to have a ‘multi-disciplinary appeal’. Empirical reports were expected to reach high methodological standards and reviews to be closely argued. Seven years on, services for people with intellectual disabilities have changed in some ways and research has advanced, though of course much more remains to be done. For example, many institutions both in the UK and in other countries have closed or have progressed towards closure in recent years. Research published in Mental Handicap Research and else- where has generally validated the community alternatives but has also shown the need for more work on the determinants of quality, particularly if the kinds of service accomplishments commonly talked about are to be made a reality. Moreover, the UK government’s community care policies, with their emphasis on market economics, have put financial pressure on community care and we read almost daily in the national press of scandals in community-based services reminiscent of the old institutions. There is still a major need for service-related research, therefore, to evaluate

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1995

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