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Assessment of cognitive therapy skills for people with learning disabilities

Dave Dagnan (Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK)
Karen Mellor (Calderstones NHS Trust, UK)
Claire Jefferson (Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK)

Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

ISSN: 1753-0180

Article publication date: 10 December 2009

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Abstract

There is increasing use of cognitive therapy with people with learning disabilities. This paper gives a detailed description of a clinically useful assessment approach that gives the therapist information that can be used to identify the appropriate approach to therapy.

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Dagnan, D., Mellor, K. and Jefferson, C. (2009), "Assessment of cognitive therapy skills for people with learning disabilities", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200900036

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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