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Angela Hassiotis is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, focusing extensively on intellectual disabilities and associated health challenges.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, their work covers several subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Key research topics explored by Angela Hassiotis include:

  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The scientist has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • My Son Can't Socially Distance or Wear a Mask: How Families of Preschool Children with Severe Developmental Delays and Challenging Behavior Experienced the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
  • Developmental Delays in Socio-Emotional Brain Functions in Persons with an Intellectual Disability: Impact on Treatment and Support (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • In the Time of the Pandemic: Safeguarding People with Developmental Disabilities against the Impact of Coronavirus (2020, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental healthcare and services: results of a UK survey of front-line staff working with people with intellectual disability and/or autism (2021, BJPsych Bulletin)
  • Clinical and cost effectiveness of staff training in the delivery of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for adults with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and challenging behaviour - randomised trial (2020, BMC Psychiatry)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Angela Hassiotis include:

  • Afia Ali
  • Laurence Taggart
  • Louise Marston
  • André Strydom
  • Rory Sheehan

The scientist publishes often in specific venues such as:

  • BJPsych Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • BJPsych Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Mental illness, challenging behaviour, and psychotropic drug prescribing in people with intellectual disability: UK population based cohort study

    Rory Sheehan;Angela Hassiotis;Kate Walters;David Osborn

  • Self stigma in people with intellectual disabilities and courtesy stigma in family carers: a systematic review.

    Afia Ali;Angela Hassiotis;Andre Strydom;Michael King

  • Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population

    Sally McManus;David Gunnell;David Gunnell;Claudia Cooper;Paul E Bebbington

  • Discrimination and Other Barriers to Accessing Health Care: Perspectives of Patients with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disability and Their Carers

    Afia Ali;Katrina Scior;Victoria Ratti;Andre Strydom

  • Prevalence of dementia in intellectual disability using different diagnostic criteria

    A. Strydom;G. Livingston;M. King;A. Hassiotis

  • Incidence of dementia in older adults with intellectual disabilities.

    Andre Strydom;Trevor Chan;Michael King;Angela Hassiotis

  • Assessment and diagnosis of personality disorders

    A. Hassiotis

  • Psychiatric morbidity and social functioning among adults with borderline intelligence living in private households.

    A. Hassiotis;A. Strydom;I. Hall;A. Ali

  • Randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of a specialist behavior therapy team for challenging behavior in adults with intellectual disabilities.

    Angela Hassiotis;Daniel Robotham;Anton Canagasabey;Renee Romeo

  • Offenders with intellectual disability: a prospective comparative study

    P. Barron;A. Hassiotis;J. Banes

  • The effectiveness of person-centred planning for people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review.

    V. Ratti;A. Hassiotis;J. Crabtree;S. Deb

  • Predictors of Age of Diagnosis and Survival of Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome.

    Amanda Sinai;Amanda Sinai;Claire Mokrysz;Jane Bernal;Ingrid Bohnen

  • Big brother is watching you--the ethical implications of electronic surveillance measures in the elderly with dementia and in adults with learning difficulties.

    S Welsh;A Hassiotis;G O'Mahoney;M Deahl

  • Co-research with adults with intellectual disability: A systematic review

    Claudio Di Lorito;Alessandro Bosco;Linda Birt;Angela Hassiotis

  • The relationship of dementia prevalence in older adults with intellectual disability (ID) to age and severity of ID.

    A. Strydom;A. Hassiotis;M. King;G. Livingston

  • Clinical outcomes of staff training in positive behaviour support to reduce challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Angela Hassiotis;Michaela Poppe;Andre Strydom;Victoria Vickerstaff

  • Offenders with intellectual disability: the size of the problem and therapeutic outcomes

    P. Barron;A. Hassiotis;J. Banes

  • Pharmacological interventions for challenging behaviour in children with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Cheryl McQuire;Angela Hassiotis;Bronwyn Harrison;Stephen Pilling

  • Movement side effects of antipsychotic drugs in adults with and without intellectual disability: UK population-based cohort study

    Rory Sheehan;Laura Horsfall;André Strydom;David Osborn

  • Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural interventions for outwardly-directed aggressive behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities.

    Afia Ali;Ian Hall;Jessica Blickwedel;Angela Hassiotis

  • The relationship between happiness and intelligent quotient: the contribution of socio-economic and clinical factors.

    Afia Ali;Graeme K Ambler;Andre Strydom;Dheeraj Rai

  • Dementia diagnostic criteria in Down syndrome

    Rory Sheehan;Amanda Sinai;Nick Bass;Pippa Blatchford

  • Working across boundaries: clinical outcomes for an integrated mental health service for people with intellectual disabilities.

    I. Hall;C. Parkes;S. Samuels;A. Hassiotis

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tyrer
Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London
Katrina Scior
Katrina Scior University College London
Howard Ring
Howard Ring University of Cambridge
Sally-Ann Cooper
Sally-Ann Cooper University of Glasgow
Vasiliki Totsika
Vasiliki Totsika University College London
Jonathan Evans
Jonathan Evans University of Glasgow
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Andrew Jahoda
Andrew Jahoda University of Glasgow
Jane Wardle
Jane Wardle University College London

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