Integrated Mental Health Treatment Guidelines for Prescribers in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
These guidelines an overview of integrated health and psychopharmacological guidelines in the treatment of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Reconciling the Past and Changing the Future
Engaging Young Adults with IDD-MH and Researchers in Comparative Effectiveness Research
This project begins to reconcile past harms and change the way research is conducted with persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and mental health service experiences (IDD-MH) and their families.
Reconciling the past and changing the future
Mental Health Crisis Risk Assessment for People with IDD
The Mental Health Crisis Risk Assessment (MHCR) for People for with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), originally developed by New Hampshire START, has been a core tool used by START programs since 2014. Informed by clinical expertise and data from the field, a second version (Caoili, Kalb, Klein, & Weigle, 2018) was implemented following a 2020 pilot study. This version enhanced the tool by incorporating measures of mental health stability, level of clinical risk, caregiver/system stress assessment, and the provider’s appraisal of needs. Subsequent feedback and analysis between 2020 and 2022 supported the development of an abbreviated version to streamline its use while preserving its clinical value.
