Our projects | Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN)

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Addressing health inequality experienced by people with intellectual disability: NHMRC Investigator Grant

A project to build further evidence to help address health gaps, improve intellectual disability health care, and drive policy reforms.

Contraception use in women with intellectual disability

A project examining patterns of prescribed contraception use and disparities between women with and without intellectual disability.

Design and delivery of education and training – Intellectual disability and mental health: Specialist team and training program

Creating education materials that build capacity of general and mental health staff and community managed organisations working with people with intellectual disability.

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Improving palliative care services for people with an intellectual disability

We have developed a model of care and toolkits to improve palliative care for people with intellectual disability.

Intellectual Disability Health Education

The e-Learning site www.idhealtheducation.edu.au was launched on 22 July 2013. The site is an interactive education resource for everyone with an interest in intellectual disability mental health. Under the ‘Health Professionals’ section, there are modules for health and mental health practitioners.

Intellectual Disability Mental Health Fellowships

3DN has assisted several trainee psychiatrists in obtaining an in depth 1 year training experience in intellectual disability and mental health. These Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis by the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, and the majority have been funded by Aging Disability and Home Care NSW Government Department of Family and Community Services. They provide a salary for a senior psychiatry trainee for a 12 month (6 month for forensic fellows) in depth immersion in intellectual disability psychiatry.

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Intellectual Disability Mental Health Service Pathway Tool

The tool is now live at the Intellectual Disability Mental Health Connect website.

Intellectual disability mental health training framework for child and youth mental health services

See resources being produced under this project

Measuring Outcomes That Matter: Valued Contribution Project

People with disability make important contributions to our society. We are working to develop measures of those contributions. The work will challenge deficit-based paradigms and be pivotal in debates regarding NDIS assessments and funding.

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NHMRC Partnership Project: Preventive healthcare for People with Intellectual Disability

A co-designed research project to improve access to, and quality of preventive health care for people with intellectual disability.

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Resources to support the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework

Resources for universities and other education providers.

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Understanding responsive behaviours among people with intellectual disability living with dementia

A project to improve the treatment, health and wellbeing of people intellectual disability living with dementia.

Understanding the perinatal mental health of people with intellectual disability

Exploring the use of mental health services by new and expecting parents with intellectual disability.

Using big data to understand the health status, service use, and service pathways of people with less common types of dementia

People living with dementia experience high rates of mental and physical health problems. It is important that the health system is prepared to meet their needs. Most research has focused on the health of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia.

Stefan with 3DN's Katrina trying out a virtual reality headset at the 3DN office

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