Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project
Aims: People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) have, on average, a life expectancy 20 years less than that of the general population. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that in 23% of deaths among PwID, constipation was a long-term health problem. In the past year, Swansea Bay Univ...
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| Main Authors: | Daniel Agius, Catherine Walton, Rhiannon Lewis, Abdellatif Elkhashab, Matthew Jones |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-06-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425104572/type/journal_article |
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