Courtenay, K;
Perera, B;
(2020)
COVID-19 and people with intellectual disability: impacts of a pandemic.
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
10.1017/ipm.2020.45.
(In press).
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Abstract
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic affect all groups in society. People with intellectual disability (ID) are especially vulnerable to the physical, mental and social effects of the pandemic. Cognitive impairments can limit understanding of information to protect them relying on carers to be vigilant on their behalf during quarantine. Restrictions on usual activities are likely to induce mental stress especially among those who are autistic leading to an escalation in challenging behaviours, risk of placement breakdown and increased the use of psychotropic medication. People with ID are vulnerable to exploitation by others where the usual community supports no longer function to protect them. In future pandemics, it is important that lessons are learned from the impacts COVID-19 have on people with ID. Collecting the evidence through a rigorous approach should help to empower people with ID and their carers to face future outbreaks of infectious diseases.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | COVID-19 and people with intellectual disability: impacts of a pandemic |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ipm.2020.45 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2020.45 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10100872 |
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