The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People with Intellectual Disability

Dr David Branford is an Independent Pharmacy Consultant in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. He was previously Chairman of the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, as well as Chairman of the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group. His advice on medication use in Intellectual Disability has proven invaluable to many governmental and NHS organisations. Professor Satheesh Kumar Gangadharan is a Consultant Psychiatrist and former Medical Director at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. He also holds academic posts as a Professor at the University of Leicester and Visiting Professor at Loughborough University. He has published extensively in the area of intellectual disability. Dr Mary Barrett is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, as well as a Specialist Advisor for LTFT Training at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She was past chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, where she led on the 2022 Learning Disability Higher Training Curriculum rewrite. Professor Regi Alexander is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. He holds other posts as Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire, Course Director of the National Autism Training Programme at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and President of the Intellectual Disability Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine.

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Intellectual disability Ken Courtenay, Tadhgh Lane and Indermeet Sawhney; 2. Prescribing practice Gyles Glover, David Gerrard and David M. L. Branford; 3. Physical health monitoring Mariam Omokanye, Nazurah Wahid, Praveena Peddireddi, Reena Tharian, David M. L. Branford and Archana Anandaram; 4. Mental health conditions in people with intellectual disability Meghana Rayala, Ayomipo Amiola, Reena Tharian, Tadhgh Lane and Regi T. Alexander; 5. Trauma in people with intellectual disability: recognition and intervention Elspeth Bradley and Marika Korossy; 6. Anxiety disorders Ayomipo J. Amiola, Reena Tharian and Regi T. Alexander; 7. Depression Adelola Idowu and David M. L. Branford; 8. Bipolar disorders Prabhleen Jaggi, David M. L. Branford and Regi T. Alexander; 9. Schizophrenia Dasari Michael, Amir Javaid, Muzammil Hayat, Ilyas Ali, Ayomipo J. Amiola and Reena Tharian; 10. Aggression and self-injurious behaviour Peter E. Langdon, Kris Roberts, Danielle Adams, Farshad Shaddel and Mary Barrett; 11. Personality disorders Ayomipo J. Amiola, Sreeja Sahadevan, Reena Tharian, Sadie Clarke and Regi T. Alexander; 12. Sexual offences and paraphilias Stuart Banham, Gemma Lewin and John Devapriam; 13. Substance use disorders Ayomipo J. Amiola, Sreeja Sahadevan, Sahar Binnat Rafiq and Regi T. Alexander; 14. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Bhathika Perera; 15. Autism Dolly Sud, Danielle Adams, Rohit Shankar and Samuel Tromans; 16. Sleep disorders Rebecca Dodds and Laura Korb; 17. Epilepsy Lance Watkins, Marie O'Dwyer, Reza Kiani and Rohit Shankar; 18. Dementia Shweta Gangavati, Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, Satheesh K. Gangadharan and Remon Mosaad; 19. Eating and drinking difficulties Jennifer Worsfold, Jennifer Roberts, Nicky Calow and David M. L. Branford; 20. Children and adolescents Mark Lovell, Ashley Liew and Keir Jones; 21. Prescribing for health issues in women with intellectual disability Sowmy Murickal and Amala Jesu; 22. Older people Gemma Lewin, Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, Rohit Gumber and Satheesh K. Gangadharan; Index.