Use of psychiatric diagnostic tool sharpens understanding of mental health issues in people with learning disability

Use of psychiatric diagnostic tool sharpens understanding of mental health issues in people with learning disability: Estimates of the prevalence of co-morbid psychiatric problems in the learning disability population have varied greatly in the literature, often bedeviled by a lack of clarity around case definition. The Diagnostic Criteria for the identification of psychiatric disorders in people with learning disabilities (DC-LD) was developed by working groups of the Royal College of Psychiatry [...]

Physiotherapists Databases Day

Journals and Searches for Physiotherapists 

Sheila O'Flynn - November 27th 2012

Two things that our Health Databases can do for you:

1. Find full text physiotherapy journals
2. Search across journals  

Find full text physiotherapy journals
Go to IDAAL LINK
(Google search Idaal.com)
Save Link in your Favourites
Select A-Z Journals Link 

• What journals do you like to follow?
• Search for named Physiotherapy journals
• Search  for a journal about physiotherapy
• Saving, printing, sharing
• Select Items
• Add to folder 
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• Short cuts to Journals (blog page) 

Search across journals   
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• SEARCHING
• Feeling lucky?. Enter search terms
• Use the Subjects Indexes

•  Cinahl Subject Heading Physcial Therapy (74k)
• Cinahl search "physiotherapy" (24k)
• EXERCISE: Find the Medline subject heading for Physio?
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Draft National Standards for Residential Centres for People with Disabilities

Consultation Process for Draft National Standards for Residential Centres for People with Disabilities

Posted: Thursday, 25th October 2012

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published, for public consultation, draft national Standards for care centres providing residential services to adults and children with disabilities. HIQA is seeking feedback on the draft Standards from interested groups, residents and their families and from the general public.