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Pitt-Hopkins syndrome

05 August 2021

Learning Disability Practice

Evidence and practice

Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) is a rare genetic disease first described by Australian physicians David Pitt and Ian Hopkins in 1978.

Forensic risk assessment in people with learning disabilities: principles and process

29 February 2024

Learning Disability Practice

evidence and practice

While forensic healthcare is a highly specialised area of clinical practice, many learning disability nurses will, over the course of their careers, be required to...

How to give an intramuscular injection to an adult with an intellectual disability

13 August 2021

Learning Disability Practice

Clinical skills

People with intellectual disabilities can have various healthcare needs across their lifespan, which may be closely linked to genetic, biological and/or psychosocial...