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Peter Langdon

@peterlangdon.bsky.social
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Newfoundlander, Professor, Psychologist. Working within the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Birmingham and as a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Approved Clinician in the NHS. 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈

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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 10h
Olivia Hewitt (one of our PhD students now working for @oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social) has recently published a paper about the dissemination of research findings using creative methods together with people with intellectual disabilities: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Designing and Delivering a Dissemination Programme With Co‐Researchers With Intellectual Disabilities
Background While dissemination is core to the research cycle, producing accessible materials has received scant attention. Having finished a co-designed project we wanted to share our findings with ...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Considering joining us! We have a part-time post for a research fellow (grade 7: tinyurl.com/yj2r3vu5 or grade 8: tinyurl.com/25bzp2au) working on the BEAMS-ID trial. This is a NIHR funded clinical trial involving adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities who have anxiety.
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Research Fellow - School of Social Policy - 107826 - Grade 7
The successful applicant will be employed to work on the BEAMS trial which is a multicentre two-arm parallel randomised controlled trial with internal pilot that seeks to assess the clinical and cost-...
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Jon Glasby @jonglasby.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Chance to join the IMPACT team as 'national embedding lead' for Scotland (50% wte), helping to get evidence of what works built into national policy and practice - Apply Today - share.google/HT028FrBBwz3...
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Vacancies - Adult Social Care - Apply Today
IMPACT's vacancies span across the four nations of the UK, as much of our work is based within local organisations.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A new paper by one of my PhD students! Preliminary Testing of the English Version of the Adolescent Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) Among Adolescents in Nigeria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Preliminary Testing of the English Version of the Adolescent Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) Among Adolescents in Nigeria
Background There are few screening tools for intellectual disabilities that have been developed and used within Africa. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the English version...
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Simon Blackwell @blackwellse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Great to see this work from Olivia Hewitt and colleagues now published: "Initial Testing of a Novel, Mental Imagery-Based Anxiety Intervention for People With Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disabilities Using a Single Case Experimental Design" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #mentalimagery
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Initial Testing of a Novel, Mental Imagery‐Based Anxiety Intervention for People With Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disabilities Using a Single Case Experimental Design
Background People with intellectual disabilities experience higher anxiety rates and barriers accessing effective interventions. This study conducted initial testing and refinement of Co-MAID, a nov...
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Dr Thanos Vostanis @thanosgr.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Now available in Apple Podcasts as well. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Improving Adult Care Together (IMPACT) @impadultcare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We are officially on Facebook! 🎉 If you want to see the heart of IMPACT - including our co-production sessions, projects across the UK, and how evidence-based social care works - come and say hello and be a part of our growing community! 👋 Give us a follow by clicking the link in the comments 👇
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our chapter published this week describes the approaches we used to identify a promising intervention within a ‘journey to evidence’ framework. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
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Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education
‘This masterfully crafted handbook represents a seminal contribution to mixed methods research in education—bridging paradigmatic boundaries, advancing meta-inferences, and modeling methodological int...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Adapting Psychological Therapies for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review - Poku - 2026 - Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Adapting Psychological Therapies for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review
The aim of this systematic review was to identify how psychotherapies have been adapted to suit the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. A comprehensive literature search garnered 39,777 s...
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SHINE Lab @shinelab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The final talk in this session is by @thanosgr.bsky.social on using precision teaching to develop key word sign skills in practitioners in intellectual disability services. #seattleclub
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SHINE Lab @shinelab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
#seattleclub is continuing with a talk from Dr Barry Ingham from @newcastleuni.bsky.social discussing the evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of a primary health check for autistic adults. The health check was made in collaboration between autistic adults, caregivers, and health professionals.
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Dr Thanos Vostanis @thanosgr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Professor @peterlangdon.bsky.social Peter Langdon presenting his keynote discussing psychological therapies for people with learning disabilities at Seattle club conference hosted, this year, by Tizard Centre.
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SHINE Lab @shinelab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
#seattleclub day 1 is being kicked off by a keynote with @peterlangdon.bsky.social on psychological therapies. People with intellectual disabilities are seven times more likely to have a diagnosis of a mental health condition and we need adapted psychological therapies to make them more accessible.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Opposes the Human Cost From Military Conflict: A Position Statement onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Opposes the Human Cost From Military Conflict: A Position Statement
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) is an international group of researchers, clinicians, students, parents, carers, and se...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New paper focused upon whether the addition of pictures improves understanding of easy read text: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Does adding pictures to easy-to-read texts benefit comprehension for people with reading difficulties? A meta-analytic review
Individuals with reading problems may experience communication problems in everyday life. Guidelines for creating accessible information generally include the use of visualizations. However, a synt...
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Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Tickets are now available for Being Seen, Being Heardthe Learning Disability England annual conferences! Two events in March 2026 – in-person and online – bringing together members and allies working towards Good Lives. Find out more and book tickets here: tinyurl.com/mvrzyuzf
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A new paper about people with intellectual disabilities using and managing their medications. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
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Challenges of using and managing medication: a meta-ethnography of the experiences and perceptions of people with intellectual disability and people who support them
Objective To explore the challenges experienced by people with intellectual disability, their carers and health and social care professionals when using and managing medication. Design A synthesis of...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A new systematic review by my PhD student: @veritychester.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Autistic people within forensic psychiatric services and the criminal justice system: A systematic review
Understanding autism prevalence within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and forensic settings has implications for identifying clinical/forensic needs, planning responses, potentially improving ou...
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Professor Deborah Cairns @debcairns.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We are delighted to invite you to join us on 11th December to celebrate 25 years of #learningdisabilities research @uofglasgow.bsky.social We will be presenting our research @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social with our incredible partners on #cancer #diabetes #physicalactivity #pbs #depression and more!
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Dr Lisa O'Leary @lisacoleary.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
had a great time at the IASSIDD conference earlier in week, finding out about international research in the area of intellectual disabilities and making connections
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“It fostered a greater appreciation for my little corner of the world”: A feasibility study of a therapeutic photography intervention for the well-being of autistic youth - Marina Charalampopoulou et al. 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“It fostered a greater appreciation for my little corner of the world”: A feasibility study of a therapeutic photography intervention for the well-being of autistic youth - Marina Charalampopoulou, Al...
Research and intervention efforts for autistic people have disproportionately focused on negative mental health. This has resulted in a shortage of intervention...
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dyadams.bsky.social @dyadams.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Delighted to share that my final PhD study has been provisionally accepted in Frontiers in Psychiatry www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... Thank you to co-authors @peterlangdon.bsky.social @profhastings.bsky.social & ian maidment Full paper to follow soon.
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Frontiers | Factors supporting optimisation of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities within the UK: a modified Delphi Study
Overprescribing psychotropic medication for people with intellectual disabilities increases the risk of adverse effects and has prompted deprescribing initia...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Another paper by Danielle Adams about deprescribing psychotropic medicine for people with intellectual disabilities #https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1652988/abstract
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Frontiers | Factors supporting optimisation of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities within the UK: a modified Delphi Study
Overprescribing psychotropic medication for people with intellectual disabilities increases the risk of adverse effects and has prompted deprescribing initia...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Young people who come into contact with the police often need help. The Solutions Trial aims to test out whether offering young people a treatment called Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is helpful. Young people and parents can find out more here: www.healthresearch.study/participate/...
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Are you a young person who has had contact with the police? - Take part in The Solutions Trial - Nativve Health Research
The Solutions Trial aims to test whether offering Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is helpful for young people who have come into contact with the police.
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dyadams.bsky.social @dyadams.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Study looking at pharmacists' perspectives of psychotropic deprescribing in people with intellectual disabilities published open access. @peterlangdon.bsky.social @profhastings.bsky.social professor ian maidment & Dr. Olivia hewitt. #deprescribing #pharmacists www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Psychotropic medicines are sometimes inappropriately prescribed for individuals with intellectual disabilities without a clinical diagnosis of a mental illness, increasing risks of side effects and...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Full article: Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Psychotropic medicines are sometimes inappropriately prescribed for individuals with intellectual disabilities without a clinical diagnosis of a mental illness, increasing risks of side effects and...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We are looking for a manager for our Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) @unibirmingham.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNL377/i...
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Institute Manager - Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at University of Birmingham
Apply for the Institute Manager - Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) job on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services positions in higher education.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Specialist Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic People: A Time-Series Analysis Using the English Assuring Transformation Dataset doi.org/10.1111/jir.... @stat-pt.bsky.social
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Specialist Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic People: A Time‐Series Analysis Using the English Assuring Transformation Dataset
Background Using nationally available anonymised and aggregated English data, we examined specialist and nonspecialist psychiatric bed utilisation by people with intellectual disabilities and/or aut...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is deeply concerned about the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during political violence and military conflicts.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) has released a Policy Position Statement about the use of unevidenced interventions and policies with people with developmental disabilities.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities - McKenna - 2025 - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities
Introduction The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with length of stay within a psychiatric hospital for patients with intellectual disabilities who have a forensic history. Meth.....
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We have a funded PhD studentship focused upon developing effective NHS care pathways for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism who encounter criminal justice. More here: tinyurl.com/4485vu4h Questions? Email: P.Langdon@bham.ac.uk
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Postgraduate Research Scholarships in the School of Social Policy and Society
Postgraduate Research Scholarships in the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Empowering voices: @peterlangdon.bsky.social and colleagues on inclusive research for people with Learning Disabilities. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Gary Boulet and I are the keynotes today for the Midlands Learning Disability and Autism Research event. Our talk is on the contribution people with learning disabilities make to research; as participants, advisors & as research leaders.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We’re back again this year showcasing excellent research involving people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people taking place across the Midlands! Thank you to our partners: NHS England, ADASS, NIHR RDN East and West Midlands, Reach-Out, University of Birmingham
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UCL Discovery @ucldiscovery.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Open Access UCL Research: The Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
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The Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients - UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Supporting Parents of Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Interventions - Scripps - 2025 - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Supporting Parents of Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Interventions
Background This review aimed to synthesise the literature about interventions for parents of adolescents with intellectual disability, including parental experience of receiving interventions and in...
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Someone in the world is sending scam emails from board@globalenergypartnership.com pretending to be me acting on behalf of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. If you receive this email, it is 100% fraudulent. #scam #fraud #crime
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Dr Thanos Vostanis @thanosgr.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Our latest infographic to accompany our recent paper: doi.org/10.1007/s108... @peterlangdon.bsky.social
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We have a fully funded PhD studentship here at the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Birmingham with myself and @stat-pt.bsky.social @profkyliegray.bsky.social Link here: shorturl.at/yrx7W
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Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors
Longitudinal determinants of mental well being amongst people with intellectual disabilities: risk, protective and compensatory factors
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Attending an Inaugural Lecture at the University of Exeter this evening.
Hooray!  Well done Ed Wilson!
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The IASSIDD 2025 Organising Committee welcomes your participation as a presenter in The 5th Asia Pacific Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. We are calling for submission of abstracts now! iassidd.org/2025-congress/
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2025 Congress - Abstract Submissions Now Open! - IASSIDD
The IASSIDD 2025 Organising Committee welcomes your participation as a presenter in The 5th Asia Pacific Congress of the International […]
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Dr Lisa O'Leary @lisacoleary.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Please see exciting opportunity to join our amazing international team of Associate Editors for the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Please share with anyone who may be interested in applying.
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