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The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review

The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic... IntroductionSome people with an intellectual disability act aggressively to those around them and would benefit from improvements in how services prevent and manage such behaviour. Population surveys in the UK and elsewhere indicate that 7–10% of people with intellectual disability are estimated to act aggressively over a 6‐month period (Emerson et al. ; Holden & Gitlesen ; Cooper et al. ), but rates are higher among subgroups with comorbidities and/or receiving specialist services (Crocker et al. ; Cooper et al. ). This aggression can have a serious impact on carers and impair the staff–client relationship (Hastings ; Skirrow & Hatton ) as well as restricting the person to institutional care.There have been significant steps forward in the last 20 years in terms of developing structured approaches to risk assessment and risk management of violence, particularly in mental health (MH) populations. While the research literature on risk assessment overall has been extensively examined and summarized (Singh et al. ; Whittington et al. ), the specific application of the findings to people with intellectual disability is less extensively researched. Some, but not all, of the evidence‐based approaches developed for MH services may be applicable directly to people with intellectual disability. Other approaches from MH services can be adapted http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISSN
1360-2322
eISSN
1468-3148
DOI
10.1111/jar.12295
pmid
27891723
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Abstract

IntroductionSome people with an intellectual disability act aggressively to those around them and would benefit from improvements in how services prevent and manage such behaviour. Population surveys in the UK and elsewhere indicate that 7–10% of people with intellectual disability are estimated to act aggressively over a 6‐month period (Emerson et al. ; Holden & Gitlesen ; Cooper et al. ), but rates are higher among subgroups with comorbidities and/or receiving specialist services (Crocker et al. ; Cooper et al. ). This aggression can have a serious impact on carers and impair the staff–client relationship (Hastings ; Skirrow & Hatton ) as well as restricting the person to institutional care.There have been significant steps forward in the last 20 years in terms of developing structured approaches to risk assessment and risk management of violence, particularly in mental health (MH) populations. While the research literature on risk assessment overall has been extensively examined and summarized (Singh et al. ; Whittington et al. ), the specific application of the findings to people with intellectual disability is less extensively researched. Some, but not all, of the evidence‐based approaches developed for MH services may be applicable directly to people with intellectual disability. Other approaches from MH services can be adapted

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual DisabilitiesWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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