Peter Langdon

Frontiers | Factors supporting optimisation of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities within the UK: a modified Delphi Study Overprescribing psychotropic medication for people with intellectual disabilities increases the risk of adverse effects and has prompted deprescribing initia...

Delighted to share that my final PhD study has been provisionally accepted in Frontiers in Psychiatry
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Thank you to co-authors
@peterlangdon.bsky.social @profhastings.bsky.social & ian maidment

Full paper to follow soon.

Frontiers | Factors supporting optimisation of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities within the UK: a modified Delphi Study Overprescribing psychotropic medication for people with intellectual disabilities increases the risk of adverse effects and has prompted deprescribing initia...

Another paper by Danielle Adams about deprescribing psychotropic medicine for people with intellectual disabilities

#https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1652988/abstract

Young people who come into contact with the police often need help. The Solutions Trial aims to test out whether offering young people a treatment called Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is helpful. Young people and parents can find out more here: www.healthresearch.study/participate/...

Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities Psychotropic medicines are sometimes inappropriately prescribed for individuals with intellectual disabilities without a clinical diagnosis of a mental illness, increasing risks of side effects and...

Study looking at pharmacists' perspectives of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities published open access. @peterlangdon.bsky.social @profhastings.bsky.social professor ian maidment & Dr. Olivia hewitt.
#deprescribing #pharmacists
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Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities Psychotropic medicines are sometimes inappropriately prescribed for individuals with intellectual disabilities without a clinical diagnosis of a mental illness, increasing risks of side effects and...

Full article: Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Institute Manager - Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at University of Birmingham Apply for the Institute Manager - Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) job on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services positions in higher education.

We are looking for a manager for our Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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Specialist Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic People: A Time‐Series Analysis Using the English Assuring Transformation Dataset Background Using nationally available anonymised and aggregated English data, we examined specialist and nonspecialist psychiatric bed utilisation by people with intellectual disabilities and/or aut...

Specialist Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic People: A Time-Series Analysis Using the English Assuring Transformation Dataset doi.org/10.1111/jir.... @stat-pt.bsky.social

The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is deeply concerned about the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during political violence and military conflicts.

The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) has released a Policy Position Statement about the use of unevidenced interventions and policies with people with developmental disabilities.

Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities Introduction The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with length of stay within a psychiatric hospital for patients with intellectual disabilities who have a forensic history. Meth.....

Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities - McKenna - 2025 - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Postgraduate Research Scholarships in the School of Social Policy and Society Postgraduate Research Scholarships in the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham

We have a funded PhD studentship focused upon developing effective NHS care pathways for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism who encounter criminal justice. More here: tinyurl.com/4485vu4h Questions? Email: P.Langdon@bham.ac.uk

Empowering voices: @peterlangdon.bsky.social and colleagues on inclusive research for people with Learning Disabilities.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Gary Boulet and I are the keynotes today for the Midlands Learning Disability and Autism Research event. Our talk is on the contribution people with learning disabilities make to research; as participants, advisors & as research leaders.

Hayley Crawford talking about annual health checks for children and young people with intellectual disabilities

John Glasby telling us about IMPACT!

And here is a link to the parental blame project: www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...

Laura Fergusson and Bernadette Louise reporting on their project about how parents of autistic children feel blamed.

Katie-Rose Stone talking with Kathryn Hudson about making research practice real as an expert by experience.

Kathryn Hudson, Laura Rodman, Sarah Stringer, and Katie-Rose Stone speaking about the Midlands Learning Disabilities and Autism Community of Practice.

Sarah Cassidy talking about suicide prevention with autistic people

Gary Bourlet and Amy Russell talking about how people with intellectual disabilities have a right to take part in and be part of research.

Sarah Cassidy talking about suicide prevention amongst autistic people.

Here are our speakers:

We’re back again this year showcasing excellent research involving people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people taking place across the Midlands! Thank you to our partners: NHS England, ADASS, NIHR RDN East and West Midlands, Reach-Out, University of Birmingham

Open Access UCL Research: The Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients
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Supporting Parents of Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Interventions Background This review aimed to synthesise the literature about interventions for parents of adolescents with intellectual disability, including parental experience of receiving interventions and in...

Supporting Parents of Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Interventions - Scripps - 2025 - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Wiley Online Library

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Someone in the world is sending scam emails from board@globalenergypartnership.com pretending to be me acting on behalf of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. If you receive this email, it is 100% fraudulent. #scam #fraud #crime

Our latest infographic to accompany our recent paper: doi.org/10.1007/s108... @peterlangdon.bsky.social

Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors

We have a fully funded PhD studentship here at the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Birmingham with myself and @stat-pt.bsky.social @profkyliegray.bsky.social Link here: shorturl.at/yrx7W

Hooray! Well done Ed Wilson!

Attending an Inaugural Lecture at the University of Exeter this evening.