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Comprehensive Psychometric Evaluation of the Child/Adult and Family Quality of Life Scale : Third Edition

PURPOSE: Quality of life (QoL) has become a key concept for understanding the impact of neurodevelopmental conditions and for monitoring intervention progress. Existing QoL measures often focus on health-related QoL in neurotypical populations or were developed specifically for a...

Supporting adults with intellectual disabilities to be more involved in decisions about their mental health medications: A co-produced mixed methods study

BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to take mental health (psychotropic) medications than other people. Despite long-standing concern about this, there has been little focus on how people with intellectual disabilities can be supported to be more inv...