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Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is a vital and pioneering source of peer-reviewed research and information specific to the mental health needs of people with intellectual/learning disabilities.

ISSN: 2044-1282
eISSN: 2044-1282

Aims and scope

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (AMHID) is a vital and pioneering source of peer-reviewed research and information specific to the mental health needs of people with intellectual/learning disabilities.

The journal integrates current research with practice and keeps researchers and professionals up to date with a variety of different perspectives and international developments in the field.

AMHID supports the delivery of high-quality and evidence-based practice and provides a forum for the debate of current issues and opinions. 

The editors welcome the submission of papers from researchers, practitioners, managers and academics who are involved in research with or delivering practice to people with intellectual disabilities with additional mental health needs.

Articles include:

  • current research
  • developments in the design and delivery of services
  • policy and its implications for practice
  • clinical case studies, enabling professionals to learn from the experience of others and to improve their own practice
  • resource reviews.

AMHID is published in partnership with CANDDID (Centre for Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Intellectual Disability) at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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"Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities has become an established forum of knowledge across inter-disciplinary professionals that integrates conceptual thinking, evidence-based practice and research. It is an important aid in facilitating skills development and improvement." Professor Nick Bouras, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley International, UK

This journal is aligned with our healthier lives goal

We understand the importance of a world that recognises and protects the most vulnerable and acknowledges the importance of a healthy mind as well as a healthy body.

SDG 1 No poverty
SDG 2 Zero hunger
SDG 3 Good health & well-being
SDG 6 Clean water & sanitation
SDG 8 Decent work & economic growth
SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
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