This resource provides an overview of supports and interventions for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities presenting with emotional and behavioural concerns. It guides primary care providers through general considerations and practice recommendations for therapeutic interventions for mental health distress, including: therapeutic engagement, trauma-informed care, prevention, psychological therapies, pharmacological and other therapies.
Kerry Boyd, MD FRCPC, Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Her clinical work includes working with people who have developmental disabilities. Education and research initiatives have focused on promoting inclusion and care for people with IDD. As an AMS Phoenix Fellow she brought expertise together as Curriculum of Caring course developer. More information on the Curriculum of Caring.
Anupam Thakur, MBBS, MD, MSc, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Surrey Place, Toronto; staff psychiatrist and education scholar, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Maureen Kelly, MPA, nurse (retired)
Laurie Green, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Yona Lunsky, PhD, C.Psych, Senior Scientist, Director of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, and Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto; Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Adjunct Scientist at ICES, Toronto
Karen McNeil, MD CCFP FCFP, family physician and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ullanda Neil, MD, CCFP, Scarborough, Ontario
Alicia Thatcher, MD, CCFP, Regina, Saskatchewan
William Sullivan, MD, CCFP(COE), FCFP, PhD, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics, Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Full Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University
Elspeth Bradley, MBBS, PhD, FRCPC, FRCPsych, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; consulting psychiatrist and psychotherapist in intellectual disabilities
This resource was developed in the context of the update of the 2011 primary care mental health toolkit, published in: Sullivan WF, Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Initiative Scientific and Editorial Staff, editors. Tools for the primary care of people with developmental disabilities. Toronto: MUMS Guideline Clearing House; 2011. The content development for this tool was subject to review by primary care providers.
Kerry Boyd, MD FRCPC, Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Her clinical work includes working with people who have developmental disabilities. Education and research initiatives have focused on promoting inclusion and care for people with IDD. As an AMS Phoenix Fellow she brought expertise together as Curriculum of Caring course developer. More information on the Curriculum of Caring.
Anupam Thakur, MBBS, MD, MSc, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Surrey Place, Toronto; staff psychiatrist and education scholar, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Maureen Kelly, MPA, nurse (retired)
Laurie Green, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Yona Lunsky, PhD, C.Psych, Senior Scientist, Director of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, and Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto; Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Adjunct Scientist at ICES, Toronto
Karen McNeil, MD CCFP FCFP, family physician and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ullanda Neil, MD, CCFP, Scarborough, Ontario
Alicia Thatcher, MD, CCFP, Regina, Saskatchewan
William Sullivan, MD, CCFP(COE), FCFP, PhD, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics, Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Full Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University
Elspeth Bradley, MBBS, PhD, FRCPC, FRCPsych, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; consulting psychiatrist and psychotherapist in intellectual disabilities
This resource was developed in the context of the update of the 2011 primary care mental health toolkit, published in: Sullivan WF, Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Initiative Scientific and Editorial Staff, editors. Tools for the primary care of people with developmental disabilities. Toronto: MUMS Guideline Clearing House; 2011. The content development for this tool was subject to review by primary care providers.