Best practice when working therapeutically with people with learning disabilities: A brief review

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There are different ways of helping people who experience mental health problems. Psychologists need to know the best ways of working with people with learning disabilities who have mental health problems. To help psychologists know what works best, this paper has a summary of what we know about how to work with people with learning disabilities. It tells us what sort of changes psychologists may need to make to best support people with learning disabilities with mental health problems. This paper will be helpful to psychologists work in learning disability services, especially those who are new to working with people with learning disabilities.