3DN will soon be starting a trial healthy lifestyle program for people with intellectual disability and their carers. The program is called ‘Get Healthy!’ It has been designed to help people do exercise and eat well.
3DN, with support and funding from MH-Children & Young People, has launched theIntellectual Disability Mental Health Core Competency Framework: A Practical T
3DN has launched new must-have practical tools and resources designed to enhance the skills of professionals and carers who support people with an intellectual disability. The new resources were officially launched on 25 July 2017 by the Hon.
Professor Julian Trollor and other staff members have been featured in recent news items regarding psychotropic drug use in people with intellectual disability.
Professor Julian Trollor, UNSW Chair of Intellectual Disability Mental Health, was the keynote speaker at the NSW CID Parliamentary Forum. It was held in the NSW Parliament House in Sydney on March 31, 2017.
A recent study using data from the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health program found significant differences in the consultations, problems identified, and their management for people with an intellectual disability compared to the general
A total of 732 Australian adults with an intellectual disability died in NSW over six years, many from causes or conditions that could have been avoided with more appropriate health care and monitoring.
A new 3DN publication reveals that adults with an intellectual disability (ID) experience premature mortality and over-representation of potentially avoidable deaths.