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Recent Publications by RADiANT members

Melvin, C. L., Barnoux, M., Alexander, R., Roy, A., Devapriam, J., Blair, R., Tromans, S., Shepstone, L. and Langdon, P. E. (2022) A systematic review of in-patient psychiatric care for people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism: effectiveness, patient safety and experience. BJPsych Open. Cambridge University Press, 8(6), p. e187. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.571.

Velani, B., Sawhney, I., Alexander, R. T., Shardlow, S. and Zia, A. (2022) Implementing proposed reforms of the Mental Health Act for people with intellectual disability and autism: the perspective of multidisciplinary professionals in intellectual disability teams, BJPsych Open. Cambridge University Press, 8(6), p. e197. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.604.

Gates,B., Sawhney, I., Alexander,R., Shardlow,S. & Zia, A (2022). Telepsychiatry for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health difficulties during Covid-19 pandemic: survey of self-reported experience and acceptability to patients, carers and psychiatrists in the UK. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, first published Nov 26, 2022

Hanson, P., Lange, M., Oduro-Donkor, D., Shuttlewood, E., Weickert, M.O., Randeva, H.S., Menon, V., Alexander, R.T., Basset, P., Shankar, R. and Barber, T.M., 2022. The role of mindfulness training in sustaining weight reduction: retrospective cohort analysis. BJPsych Open, 8(6), p.e198.

Peter E. Langdon, Paul A. Thompson, Lee Shepstone, Gisela Perez-Olivas, Clare L. Melvin, Magali Barnoux, Regi Alexander, Ashok Roy, John Devapriam (2022) Psychiatric inpatient admissions and discharges of people with intellectual disabilities: A time series analysis of English national dataPsychiatric inpatient admissions and discharges of people with intellectual disabilities: A time series analysis of English national data. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, first published Nov 15, 2022

Jesu, A.J.M., Gangadharan, S.K., Bhaumik, S. and Alexander, R.T., (2022). Intellectual disability. Oxford Textbook of Social Psychiatry, p.473.

Chester, V., Bunning, K., Tromans, S., Alexander, R. and Langdon, P. (2022) “The Prevalence of Autism in the Criminal Justice System: A Systematic Review,” BJPsych Open. Cambridge University Press, 8(S1), pp. S45–S46. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.179.

Amiola, A., Temple, P., Dickerson, H., Langdon, P., Hanson, P., Thomas, T., Tharian, R., Barber, T., Menon, V. and Alexander, R., 2022. A Pilot Project to Introduce the Compassionate Approach to Living Mindfully for Prevention of Disease (Calmpod) in Weight Management in a Forensic Intellectual Disability Unit. BJPsych Open, 8(S1), pp.S82-S83.

Sawhney, I., Perera, B., Bassett, P., Zia, A., Alexander, R.T. and Shankar, R., (2021). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disability: statistical approach to developing a bespoke screening tool. 
BJPsych open, 7(6).

Alexander, R. T., Langdon, P. E., O'Hara, J., Howell, A., Lane, T., Tharian, R. and Shankar, R. (2021) Psychiatry and neurodevelopmental disorders: experts by experience, clinical care and research, The British Journal of Psychiatry. Cambridge University Press, 218(1), pp. 1–3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.237.
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Tromans, S., Kinney, M., Chester, V., Alexander, R., Roy, A., Sander, J.W., Dudson, H. & Shankar. R. (2020). Priority concerns for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. BJPsych Open, 6(6) e128. 

Perera, B., Laugharne, R., Henley, W., Zabel, A., Lamb, K., Branford, D., … Shankar, R. (2020). COVID-19 deaths in people with intellectual disability in the UK and Ireland: descriptive study. BJPsych Open, 6(6), e123.

Tromans., S., Chester, V., Harrison, H., Pankhania, P., Booth, H., & Chakraborty, N. (2020).  Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: an observational study. BJPsychOpen, 6(6) e117. 

Kinney, M. O., Chester, V., Tromans, S., Alexander, R.T.,  Angus-Leppan, H., Bagary, M., Cock, H., Devapriam, J., Hassiotis, A., Mula, M., Reuber, M., Ring, H., Roy, A., Scheepers, M., & Shankar, R. (2020). Epilepsy, anti-seizure medication, intellectual disability and challenging behaviour – Everyone’s business, no one’s priority. Seizure, first published July 2020 ​
Alexander, R., Ravi, A., Barclay, H., Sawhney, I., Chester, V., Malcolm, V., Brolly, K., Mukherji, K., Zia, A., Tharian, R., Howell, A., Lane, T., Cooper, V., & Langdon, P.E. (2020). Guidance for the treatment and management of COVID-19 amongst people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3)256-269.

Alexander, R.T. (2020). People with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health/Behavioural Problems: Guidance on COVID-19 for Inpatient Settings. Norwich: RADiANT.

Alexander, R.T. (2020). People with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health/Behavioural Problems: Guidance on COVID-19 for Community Settings. Norwich: RADiANT.

Ravi, A., Barclay, H., Mukherji, K., Chester, V. & Alexander, R.T. (2020). COVID-19 and People with Intellectual Disability: Guidance on Advances Planning for Treatment Escalation, Ceiling of Care, Palliative Care and End of Life. Norwich: RADiANT.

Tromans, S., Yao, G., Alexander, R., Mukaetova-Ladinska, E., Kiani, R., Al-Uzri, M., Chester, V., Carr, R., Morgan, Z., Vounzoulaki, E. and Brugha, T., 2020. The prevalence of diabetes in autistic persons: A systematic review. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health: CP & EMH, 16, p.212.
 
Tromans, S. & Chester, V. (2020). Commentary on "Being diagnosed with autism in adulthood: a personal case study”. Advances in Autism.

Tromans, S., Chester, V., Gemegah, E., Roberts, K., Morgan, Z., Yao, Q.L., & Brugha, T. (2020). Autism Identification across Ethnic Groups: A Review. Advances in Autism.

Barnoux, M., Alexander, R., Bhaumik, S., Devapriam, J., Duggan, C., Shepstone, L., … Langdon, P. E. (2020). The face validity of an initial sub-typology of people with autism spectrum disorders detained in psychiatric hospitals. Autism.

Allard, J., Henley, W., Mclean, B., Sellers, A., Hudson, S., Rajakulendran, S., Pace, A., Pashley, S., Maguire, M., Mohan, M., Ellawela, S., Tittensor, P., Ram, S., Bagary, M., & Shankar, R. (2020). Lacosamide in the general population and in people with intellectual disability: Similar responses? Seizure, 19, 76, 161-166.
 
Allard, J., Henley, W., Snoeijen-Schouwenaars, F., Ool, J., Tan, I., Schelhaas, H. J., Majoie, M., Hudson, S., McLean, B., Shankar, R. (2020). European perspective of perampanel response in people with Intellectual Disability. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 142(3) 255-259.
 
Angus-Leppan, H., Moghim, M., Cock, H., Kinton, L., Wells, M., Shankar, R. (2020). Valproate risk form - surveying 215 clinicians involving 4775 encounters. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 141(6) 483-490.
 
Arackal, B., Chester, V., Buxton, T., Devulapally, D., & Lunsky, Y. (2020). Alcohol and Substance Misuse and People with Intellectual Disabilities (pp. 149-158). In S. Bhaumik & R.T. Alexander (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability.

Chester, V., James, N., Rogers, I., Grace, J., & Alexander, R.T. (2020). Mental health problems in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: The Involvement of Family and Carers (pp. 265-274). In S. Bhaumik & R.T. Alexander (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability.

Boland, C., Jalihal, V., Organ, C., Oak, K., McLean, B., Laugharne, R., Woldman, W., Beck R., Shankar, R. (2020). EEG Markers in Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder-A Possible Outcome Measure for Neurofeedback: A Narrative Review. EEG and Clinical Neuroscience.
 
Brugha, T., Tyrer, F., Leaver, A., Lewis, S., Seaton, S., Morgan, Z. Tromans, S., Van Rensburg, K. (2020). Testing Adults by Questionnaire for Social and Communication Disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, in an Adult Mental Health Service Population. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 29(1):e1814

Burrows, L., Lennard, S., Hudson, S., McLean, B., Jadav, M., Henley, W., Sander, J.W., & Shankar, R. (2020). Exploring epilepsy attendance at the emergency department and interventions which may reduce unnecessary attendances: A scoping review. Seizure, 76, 39-46. 

Langdon, P. E., Murphy, G. H., & Hastings, R. P. (2020). A special issue and editorial in memory of Professor William R Lindsay. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(4) 649-653.
 
Lennard, S., Sharpe, R., Goodey, R., Hudson, S., & Shankar, R.  (2020). Creating capable communities for people with Intellectual Disabilities: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(3) 174-200.
 
Lindsay, W.R., Chester, V. & Alexander, R. (2020). The assessment and treatment of personality disorders in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (pp. 141-148). In S. Bhaumik & R.T. Alexander (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability.
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McCabe, J., Wilcock, M., Atkinson, K., Laugharne, R., & Shankar, R. (2020). General Practitioners and Psychiatrists Attitudes towards Antidepressant Withdrawal. British Journal of Psychiatry (Open), 6(4) e64.

Devapriam, J., Fosker, H., Chester, V., Gangadharan, S., Hiremath, A. & Alexander, R. T. (2020). Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Intellectual Disability Admitted to a Specialist Inpatient Rehabilitation Service. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 24(1) 21-34.

Hassiotis, A., Walsh, A., Budgett, J., Harrison, I., Jones, R., Morant, N., Courtenay, K., Crossey, E., Hall, I., Romeo, R., Taggart, L. G., Langdon, P. E., Ratti, V., Kirchner, V., Lloyd-Evans, B.R. (2020). Intensive support for adults with intellectual disability and behaviours that challenge: a survey of provision and service typologies in England. BJPsych Open, 6(2) 10, 58-67.

Howell, M., Bradshaw, J., & Langdon, P. E. (2020). A systematic review of behaviour related outcome assessments for children on the autism spectrum with intellectual disabilities in education settings. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
  
Melvin, C. L., Langdon, P. E., Murphy, G. H., (2020). 'I feel that if I didn't come to it anymore, maybe I would go back to my old ways and I don't want that to happen' - adapted sex offender treatment programmes: views of service users with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(4) 739-756.
 
Miller, J. Perera, B., & Shankar R. (2020). Clinical guidance on pharmacotherapy for the treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for people with Intellectual disability. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 21(15) 1897-1913.
 
Sadek, S. A., Daniel, M. R., & Langdon, P. E., (2020). Attentional bias toward negative and positive pictorial stimuli and its relationship with distorted cognitions, empathy, and moral development amongst men with intellectual disabilities who have committed crimes. Aggressive Behaviour, 103(Pt B) B106514. 
 
Sawhney, I., Zia, A., Yazdi, B., & Shankar, R. (2020). Awareness of bone health risks in people with epilepsy and Intellectual Disability. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(3) 224-231.
 
Shankar R., et al. (2020). Bridging the gap of risk communication and management using the SUDEP and Seizure Safety Checklist Journal. Epilepsy & Behavior, 103, Part B, 106419.
 
Smart, C., Page, G., Shankar, R. et al. (2020). Keep Safe: The when, why and how of epilepsy risk communication. Seizure, 78, 136-149.
 
Sun, J., Perera, B., Henley, W., Ashby, S., & Shankar, R.  (2020). Seizure and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) characteristics in an urban UK intellectual disability service. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 80, 18-23.
  
Thurston, R., Tromans, S., Chester, V., Cooper, S-A., Strydorm, A., Bhaumik, S. & Rai, D, (2020). Current and Future Research Priorities in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability. In S. Bhaumik & R.T. Alexander (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability.
 
Tromans, S. & Chester, V. (2020). Commentary on "Being diagnosed with autism in adulthood: a personal case study”. Advances in Autism.
  
Tromans, S., Chester, V., Gemegah, E., Roberts, K., Morgan, Z., Yao, Q.L., & Brugha, T. (2020). Autism Identification across Ethnic Groups: A Review. Advances in Autism.
  
Zabel, A., Gamman, L., Webb, A., Goodey, R., & Shankar, R. (2020). Transforming Care in Cornwall: A review of the quality of the lives of people with learning disabilities a decade post discharge from hospital. British Journal of Learning Disabilities.
 
Zarcone, J., Mullane, M. P., Langdon, P. E., & Brown, I. (2020). Contingent electric shock as a treatment for challenging behavior for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: support for the IASSIDD policy statement opposing its use. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. 
 
Melvin, C.L., Langdon, P.E., & Murphy, G.H. (2020). “They’re the hardest group to treat, that changes the least”. Adapted sex offender treatment programmes for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinician views and experiences. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 105, 103721.
 
Vostanis, A., Padden, C., Chiesa, M., & Langdon, P. E. (2020). A precision teaching framework for improving mathematical skills of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Behavioral Education.
 
Watkins, L., Dyer, O.M., Lawthom, C., McGuire, M., Thomas, R., & Shankar, R. (2020). The evidence for switching dibenzazepines in people with epilepsy. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 142(2) 121-130.
 
Watkins, L., O’Dwyer, M., Kerr, M., Scheepers, M., Courtenay, K. & Shankar, R. (2019). Quality improvement in the management of people with epilepsy and intellectual disability: the development of clinical guidance. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 21(2) 173-181.
 
Watkins, L., O'Dwyer, M., & Shankar, R. (2019). New anti-seizure medication for elderly epileptic patients. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 20(13) 1601-1608.

Melvin, C., Langdon, P.E., Murphy, G. (2019). “I feel that if I didn’t come to it any more maybe I would go back to my old ways and I don’t want that to happen.” Adapted sex offender treatment programmes: Views of service users with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

Jory, C., Oak, K., Organ, C., McLean, B., & Shankar, R. (2019). Head First - review of epilepsy head injury risk and protection. Seizure, 71, 66-79.

Tromans, S., Chester, V., Kapugama, C., Elliott, A., Robertson, S., & Barrett, M. (2019). The PAAFID Project: Exploring the Perspectives of Autism in Females among Intellectual Disability Professionals. Advances in Autism, 5(3) 157-170.
 
 Watkins, L., Cock, H., Angus-Leppan, H., Morley, K., Wilcock, M., & Shankar, R. (2019). Valproate MHRA guidance: limitations and opportunities. Frontiers Neurology.

Tromans, S., Chester, V., Wells, H., & Alexander, R.T. (2019). Deliberate Ingestion of Foreign Bodies as a Form of Self-Harm among Inpatients within Forensic Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Services. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 30(2) 189-202.

Shankar, R. et al (2019). A structured programme to withdraw antipsychotics among adults with intellectual disabilities: The Cornwall experience. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 32(6) 1389-1400.
 
Shankar, R., Wilcock, M., Oak, K., et al. (2019). Stopping, rationalising or optimising antipsychotic drug treatment in people with intellectual disability and/or autism. Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 57, 10-13.
 
Sharpe, R., Curry, W., Brown, R., & Shankar, R. (2019). A public health approach reducing health inequalities among autistic adults. British Journal of General Practice, 69(688) 534-535.

Heywood, R., Ryan, H., Killett, A., Langdon, P., Plenderleith, Y., Shiggins, C. & Bunning, K. (2019). Lost voices in research: exposing the gaps in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Medical Law International, 19(2-3) 81-112.

Hoorn, A., Carpenter, T., Oak, K., Laugharne, R., Ring, H., Shankar, R. (2019). Neuromodulation of Autism Spectrum Disorders using Vagal Nerve Stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 63, 8-12.

Newman, C., Ashby, S., McLean, B., & Shankar, R. (2019). Improving Epilepsy Management with EpSMon: a Templar to highlight the multifaceted challenges of incorporating digital technologies into routine clinical practice. Epilepsy & Behavior, 103, 106514. 

Tharian, P., Henderson, S., Wathanasin, N., Hayden, N., Chester, V., & Tromans, S. (2019). Characters with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Fiction: Where are the Women and Girls? Advances in Autism, 5 (1) 50-63.

Tromans, S., Chester, V. & Alexander, R.T. (2019). Assessing people with intellectual disabilities who have engaged in fire setting. In W.R. Lindsay, L. Craig & D. Griffiths (Eds.), What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Nancarrow, T., Rencher, J., Wilcock, M., Bonell, S., Wolke, T., & Shankar, R. (2019). Bespoke STOMP Training for Learning Disability Teams - Does It Work? British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 47(3) 181–187.
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Buell, S., Langdon, P. E., Pounds, G., & Bunning, K. (2019). An open randomised controlled trial of the effects of linguistic simplification and mediation on the comprehension of 'easy read' text by people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 33(2) 219-231.

Chester, V. (2019). Autistic women and girls: increasingly recognised, researched and served. Advances in Autism, 5(3) 141-142.

Chester, V., Geach, N., & Morrissey, C. (2019). Treatment outcomes from forensic intellectual disability services: The perspectives of patients and their family/carers. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 23(4), 473–485.
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Chester, V., Wells, H., Lovell, M., Melvin, C., & Tromans, S. (2019).  The prevention of offending behaviour by people with intellectual disabilities: a case for specialist childhood and adolescent early intervention? Advances in Mental Health & Intellectual Disabilities, 13(5) 216-227.

Cocksedge, K., Guliani, J., Henley, W., Anderson, T., Roberts, S., Reed, L., Skinnard, D., Fisher, S., Chapman, B., Willcox, J., Wilkinson, E., Laugharne, R., & Shankar, R. (2019). Local Radio to Promote Mental Health Awareness: A public health initiative. British Journal of Psychiatry (Open), 5(4) e60.
 
Devapriam J & Alexander, R.T. (2019). Challenging behaviour and the use of pharmacological interventions. In M. Scheepers and M. Kerr (Eds.), Seminars in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability (pp. 179-190). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kinney, M., Cluskey, G., Friedman, D., Walker, M., Sander, J., & Shankar, R.  (2019). Investigative practice into sudden death in epilepsy: A global survey. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 139(5) 476–482.