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General and mental health in children, young people and adults with learning disabilities

 

This project looked at the general and mental health of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities.

What we did

We compared mental health data from people with learning disabilities with the health of other people using the information from the Scotland Census 2011.

What we found

We found that people with learning disabilities who have poor mental health.

We found that people with learning disabilities who have poor mental health often have poor general health.

We wrote a report and this was published in a health journal.

What we will do next

We suggest that changes are made to help improve the mental health and general health of people with learning disabilities.

We suggest that people get help sooner and changes are made to health and social care policies.