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  • An investigation into the critical ingredients of intensive support teams for adults with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour

  • Lucretia Thomas, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Louise Marston, Angela Hassiotis
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Bulletin , FirstView
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    11 December 2023, pp. 1-6
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  • Aims and method

    NHS England recommends the commissioning of intensive support teams (ISTs) to provide effective support to people with intellectual disability (ID) when in crisis. However, there is a paucity of evidence regarding how these services should be organised. This exploratory secondary analysis of data from the IST-ID study aimed to investigate IST characteristics that relate to clinical outcomes. The primary outcome was mean change in the total score on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and its subscales.

    Results

    A measure of mental illness severity was the only variable associated with our primary outcome of reduction in challenging behaviour. Accommodation type, affective status and gender were associated with the subdomains of irritability, hyperactivity and lethargy in unadjusted and adjusted analyses.

    Clinical implications

    Our findings indicate that variation in clinical outcomes is influenced by individual rather than organisational factors. Further research on the theoretical fidelity of the IST-ID model is needed.