… They told us what they would find useful in a Guide like this, and how they … to people with
intellectual disabilities who use mental health services to find out what they wanted their carers …

… carers to know how to promote their own good mental health, … and produce a Guide that
provides family carers and others … intellectual disabilities with information about mental health …

… Developing the contents of the guide Aim The aim of the project was to produce a mental
health guide for families and carers of people with learning disabilities. The first objective was …

… the publication of Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual
Disabilities (Holt et al. 2004)… The guide was developed in consultation with family carers and …

… around issues regarding mental health and people with intellectual disabilities is gaining …
those who continue to play a pivotal role in supporting a person with an intellectual disability…

… of Carers-ID, among family carers of people with PMID. This study will focus on how carers
… might be used to improve the health and wellbeing of carers of people with PMID. Given the …

… family carers of a person with an intellectual disability who displays challenging behaviour
and/or has a mental health … of the reported experiences of family carers from recent research …

… schedule was designed as a flexible guide for the purpose of this … of mental health and the
process of identifying mental health … of the mental health problems resulting in increased carer …

… Carer psychological health … family carers of a person with intellectual disability, who were
in receipt of a social welfare payment for the care they provided. This is only a subset of carers …

… A standardised data extraction form was developed to guide data charting for descriptive …
health care and advice to people with ID, GPs, carers, families, and to the wider health and …