About this event
- Date and time Tue 19 Nov 2024 from 9:15am to 4:45pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Intellectual Disability, The Research in Developmental Neuropsychiatry (RADiANT) network
By attending this webinar, you will:
- Understand the presentation and management of common health conditions in people with an intellectual disability
- Appreciate the impact of ill health and accessing healthcare as a person with an intellectual disability
- Learn about how health services can meet the health needs of people with an intellectual disability and work towards reducing health inequalities
This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered event participants up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
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Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
Chair: Professor Regi Alexander, President, Intellectual Disability Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust & School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
Learning from lives and deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
Dr Rory Sheehan, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Kings College London, and Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oral health and aspiration pneumonia in intellectual disability
Dr Una Monaghan, Associate Medical Director, Clinical Director Special Care Dental Service, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Antipsychotics and intellectual disabilities: Lessons from big data, little data, and missing data
Professor Yona Lunsky, Senior Scientist, Director of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, and Director of the Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Adjunct Scientist at ICES
Anticholinergic burden in people with learning disability and mental health difficulties
Reena Tharian, Principal Clinical Pharmacist & Non Medical Prescriber (NMP) and Mel Hicks, Clinical Team Leader & Professional Nurse Educator, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Introduction
Chair: Dr Kamalika Mukherji, Clinical Director, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Council Member, Intellectual Disability Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Autism spectrum disorders in adult outpatients with obsessive compulsive disorder
Professor Naomi Fineberg, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Hertfordshire, and a Consultant Psychiatrist at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
The mental health experiences of adult/older carers of adults with learning disabilities
Dr Martina Smith, Postdoctoral Research Associate School of Education, The University of Sheffield
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Hypothyroidism in Intellectual Disability: What do we Know?
Verity Chester, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
The introduction of cancer screening within an enhanced physical health clinic for people with intellectual disabilities prescribed psychotropic medication
Ms Elizabeth Patteril, Research Assistant, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Location
Online
Registration for this event will close 1 hour before the start of the webinar. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
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