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Publications: Dr Afia Ali

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Scior K, Richardson L, Randell E, Osborne M, Bird H, Ali A, Bonin E-M, Brown A et al. ( 2024 ) . Digital adaptation of the Standing up for Myself intervention in young people and adults with intellectual disabilities: the STORM feasibility study . Public Health Research vol. 12 , ( 1 ) 1 - 111 .
Rudra S, McManus S, Hassiotis A, Ali A ( 2023 ) . Mental health and service use of parents with and without borderline intellectual functioning . Psychological Medicine1 - 15 .
Muralidhar M, Spector A, Hui EK, Liu L, Ali A ( 2023 ) . A systematic review of psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia . Aging & Mental Health vol. 28 , ( 3 ) 385 - 395 .
Rudra S, Ali A, Powell JM, Hastings RP, Totsika V ( 2023 ) . Psychological distress and convergence of own and proxy health‐related quality of life in carers of adults with an intellectual disability . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research vol. 68 , ( 1 ) 74 - 83 .
Kouroupa A, Hamza L, Rafiq A, Hassiotis A, Rapaport P, Jahoda A, Taggart L, Steed L et al. ( 2023 ) . Stakeholder views on the barriers and facilitators of psychosocial interventions to address reduction in aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities . NIHR Open Research vol. 3 ,
Royston R, Naughton S, Hassiotis A, Jahoda A, Ali A, Chauhan U, Cooper S-A, Kouroupa A et al. ( 2023 ) . Complex interventions for aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: A rapid realist review informed by multiple populations . PLOS ONE vol. 18 , ( 5 )
Ali A, Aguirre E, Carter J, Hoare S, Brackley K, Goulden N, Hoare Z, Clarke CS et al. ( 2023 ) . Group cognitive stimulation therapy versus usual care for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia (CST-IDD) in the UK: protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open vol. 13 , ( 4 )
Scior K, Richardson L, Osborne M, Randell E, Roche H, Ali A, Bonin EM, Burke C et al. ( 2023 ) . Standing up for Myself (STORM): Adapting and piloting a web-delivered psychosocial group intervention for people with intellectual disabilities . Research in Developmental Disabilities vol. 137 ,
Prior D, Win S, Hassiotis A, Hall I, Martiello MA, Ali AK ( 2023 ) . Behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural interventions for outwardly directed aggressive behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews vol. 2023 , ( 2 )
Scior K, Cooper R, Fenn K, Poole L, Colman S, Ali A, Baum S, Crabtree J et al. ( 2022 ) . ‘Standing up for Myself’ (STORM): Development and qualitative evaluation of a psychosocial group intervention designed to increase the capacity of people with intellectual disabilities to manage and resist stigma . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 35 , ( 6 ) 1297 - 1306 .
Lim A, Totsika V, Ali A ( 2022 ) . Analysing trends of psychiatric disorders, treatment and service use across time in adults with borderline intellectual impairment: A cross-sectional study of private households . Journal of Psychiatric Research vol. 151 , 339 - 346 .
Tenorio M, Arango PS, Aparicio A, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2022 ) . As far as possible: The relationship between public awareness, social distance, and stigma towards people with intellectual disability . Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 19 , ( 4 ) 419 - 430 .
Hassiotis A, Melville C, Jahoda A, Strydom A, Cooper S-A, Taggart L, Cooper V, Steed E et al. ( 2022 ) . Estimation of the minimal clinically important difference on the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist–Irritability (ABC-I) for people with intellectual disabilities who display aggressive challenging behaviour: A triangulated approach . Research in Developmental Disabilities vol. 124 ,
Ali A, Mckenzie E, Rasoul Z, Hassiotis A, Priebe S, Lloyd-Evans B, Jones R, Panca M et al. ( 2021 ) . One-to-one volunteer befriending to reduce symptoms of depression in people with intellectual disability: a feasibility RCT . Public Health Research vol. 9 , ( 10 ) 1 - 80 .
Ali A, McKenzie E, Hassiotis A, Priebe S, Lloyd‐Evans B, Jones R, Panca M, Omar R et al. ( 2021 ) . A pilot randomised controlled trial of befriending by volunteers in people with intellectual disability and depressive symptoms . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research . vol. 65 , 1010 - 1019 .
Alyafei AH, Alqunaibet T, Mansour H, Ali A, Billings J ( 2021 ) . The experiences of family caregivers of people with severe mental illness in the Middle East: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data . PLOS ONE vol. 16 , ( 7 )
Tse CY, Mckenzie E, Hassiotis A, Ali A ( 2021 ) . A Survey of Befriending Services for People With Intellectual Disabilities in the United Kingdom . Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 18 , ( 4 ) 296 - 305 .
Sheehan R, Dalton-Locke C, Ali A, San Juan NV, Totsika V, Hassiotis A ( 2021 ) . 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 . BJPsych Bulletin vol. 46 , ( 4 ) 201 - 207 .
Handoyo R, Ali A, Scior K, Hassiotis A ( 2021 ) . A qualitative exploration of stigma experience and inclusion among adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability in an Indonesian context . Journal of Intellectual Disabilities vol. 26 , ( 2 ) 293 - 306 .
Handoyo RT, Ali A, Scior K, Hassiotis A ( 2021 ) . Attitudes of key professionals towards people with intellectual disabilities and their inclusion in society: A qualitative study in an Indonesian context . Transcultural Psychiatry vol. 58 , ( 3 ) 379 - 391 .
Dogan RNG, Ali A, Candy B, King M ( 2021 ) . The effectiveness of Sufi music for mental health outcomes. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 randomised trials . Complementary Therapies in Medicine vol. 57 ,
Ali A, Brown E, Tsang W, Spector A, Aguirre E, Hoare S, Hassiotis A ( 2021 ) . Individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) for people with intellectual disability and dementia: a feasibility randomised controlled trial . Aging & Mental Health vol. 26 , ( 4 ) 698 - 708 .
Gomiero T, Ali A, Santos FH ( 2020 ) . Neurocognitive Disorders Assessments . Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process , Springer Nature
Papagavriel K, Jones R, Sheehan R, Hassiotis A, Ali A ( 2020 ) . The association between loneliness and common mental disorders in adults with borderline intellectual impairment . Journal of Affective Disorders vol. 277 , 954 - 961 .
Tenorio M, Donoso J, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2020 ) . Stigma Toward Persons with Intellectual Disability in South America: A Narrative Review . Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 17 , ( 4 ) 346 - 363 .
Ali A, Mckenzie E, Hassiotis A, Priebe S, Lloyd-Evans B, Omar R, Jones R, Panca M et al. ( 2020 ) . One-to-one befriending for people with intellectual disability and symptoms of depression: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open vol. 10 , ( 6 )
Hassiotis A, Ali A, Courtemanche A, Lunsky Y, McIntyre LL, Napolitamo D, van der Nagel J, Werner S ( 2020 ) . In the Time of the Pandemic: Safeguarding People with Developmental Disabilities against the Impact of Coronavirus . Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 13 , ( 2 ) 63 - 65 .
Paulauskaite L, Hassiotis A, Ali A ( 2019 ) . A systematic review of fidelity measurements in complex interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge . Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities vol. 13 , ( 3/4 ) 158 - 172 .
Mitter N, Ali A, Scior K ( 2019 ) . Stigma experienced by families of individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism: A systematic review . Research in Developmental Disabilities vol. 89 , 10 - 21 .
Ali A, Brown E, Spector A, Aguirre E, Hassiotis A ( 2018 ) . Individual cognitive stimulation therapy for people with intellectual disability and dementia: protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open vol. 8 , ( 12 )
Mitter N, Ali A, Scior K ( 2018 ) . Stigma experienced by family members of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: multidimensional construct . BJPsych Open vol. 4 , ( 5 ) 332 - 338 .
Alexandra P, Angela H, Ali A ( 2018 ) . Loneliness in people with intellectual and developmental disorders across the lifespan: A systematic review of prevalence and interventions . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 31 , ( 5 ) 643 - 658 .
Ali A, Strydom A, Hassiotis A, Williams R, King M ( 2018 ) . A measure of perceived stigma in people with intellectual disability . The British Journal of Psychiatry vol. 193 , ( 5 ) 410 - 415 .
Ali A, Hall I, Taylor C, Attard S, Hassiotis A ( 2018 ) . Auditing the care programme approach for people with learning disability: a 4 -year audit cycle . BJPsych Bulletin vol. 30 , ( 11 ) 415 - 418 .
Hall I, Ali A ( 2018 ) . Changes to the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts: implications for patients and professionals . BJPsych Bulletin vol. 33 , ( 6 ) 226 - 230 .
Ali A, Blickwedel J, Hassiotis A ( 2018 ) . Interventions for challenging behaviour in intellectual disability . Advances in Psychiatric Treatment vol. 20 , ( 03 ) 184 - 192 .
Blickwedel J, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2017 ) . Epilepsy and challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: A systematic review . Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability vol. 44 , ( 2 ) 219 - 231 .
Ali A, Werner S ( 2017 ) . From the Guest Editors . Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 10 , ( 2 ) 51 - 54 .
Valerio M, Dickinson L, Ali A, Ramachadran N, Donaldson I, Mccartan N, Freeman A, Ahmed HU et al. ( 2016 ) . Nanoknife Electroporation Ablation Trial: A Prospective Development Study Investigating Focal Irreversible Electroporation for Localized Prostate Cancer . Investigative Urology vol. 197 , ( 3 ) 647 - 654 .
Ali A, Ghosh S, Strydom A, Hassiotis A ( 2016 ) . Prisoners with intellectual disabilities and detention status. Findings from a UK cross sectional study of prisons . Research in Developmental Disabilities vol. 53 , 189 - 197 .
Sheehan R, Ali A ( 2016 ) . Self-stigma in people with intellectual disabilities . Intellectual Disability and Stigma: Stepping Out from the Margins ,
Ali A, King M, Strydom A, Hassiotis A ( 2015 ) . Self-reported stigma and its association with socio-demographic factors and physical disability in people with intellectual disabilities: results from a cross-sectional study in England . Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology vol. 51 , ( 3 ) 465 - 474 .
Ali A, King M, Strydom A, Hassiotis A ( 2015 ) . Self-reported stigma and symptoms of anxiety and depression in people with intellectual disabilities: Findings from a cross sectional study in England . Journal of Affective Disorders vol. 187 , 224 - 231 .
Ali A, Hall I, Blickwedel J, Hassiotis A ( 2015 ) . Behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural interventions for outwardly‐directed aggressive behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews vol. 2015 , ( 4 )
Ali A, Kock E, Molteno C, Mfiki N, King M, Strydom A ( 2014 ) . Ethnicity and stigma in intellectual disability . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research vol. 59 , ( 6 ) 530 - 540 .
Valerio M, Dickinson L, Ali A, Ramachandran N, Donaldson I, Freeman A, Ahmed HU, Emberton M ( 2014 ) . A prospective development study investigating focal irreversible electroporation in men with localised prostate cancer: Nanoknife Electroporation Ablation Trial (NEAT) . Contemporary Clinical Trials vol. 39 , ( 1 ) 57 - 65 .
Sheehan R, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2014 ) . Dementia in intellectual disability . Current Opinion in Psychiatry vol. 27 , ( 2 ) 143 - 148 .
Ali A, Scior K, Ratti V, Strydom A, King M, Hassiotis A ( 2013 ) . Discrimination and Other Barriers to Accessing Health Care: Perspectives of Patients with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disability and Their Carers . PLOS ONE vol. 8 , ( 8 )
Choudhury Y, Bremner SA, Ali A, Eldridge S, Griffiths CJ, Hussain I, Parsons S, Rahman A et al. ( 2013 ) . Prevalence and impact of chronic widespread pain in the Bangladeshi and White populations of Tower Hamlets, East London . Clinical Rheumatology vol. 32 , ( 9 ) 1375 - 1382 .
Hassiotis A, Ali A, Ambler G, Strydom A, Mcmanus S, Meltzer H, Cooper C ( 2013 ) . Interplay between intelligence level and happiness: The contribution of socioeconomic and clinical factors . JOURNAL OF POLICY AND PRACTICE IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES . vol. 10 , 126 - 126 .
Ali A, Ambler G, Strydom A, Rai D, Cooper C, McManus S, Weich S, Meltzer H et al. ( 2012 ) . The relationship between happiness and intelligent quotient: the contribution of socio-economic and clinical factors . Psychological Medicine vol. 43 , ( 6 ) 1303 - 1312 .
Thakker Y, Bamidele K, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2012 ) . Mental health and challenging behaviour: an overview of research and practice . Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities vol. 6 , ( 5 ) 249 - 258 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A, Strydom A, King M ( 2012 ) . Self stigma in people with intellectual disabilities and courtesy stigma in family carers: A systematic review . Research in Developmental Disabilities vol. 33 , ( 6 ) 2122 - 2140 .
Kock E, Molteno C, Mfiki N, Kidd M, Ali A, King M, Strydom A ( 2011 ) . Cross‐Cultural Validation of a Measure of Felt Stigma in People with Intellectual Disabilities . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 25 , ( 1 ) 11 - 19 .
Bonell S, Ali A, Hall I, Chinn D, Patkas I ( 2011 ) . People with Intellectual Disabilities in Out‐of‐Area Specialist Hospitals: What Do Families Think? . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 24 , ( 5 ) 389 - 397 .
Chinn D, Hall I, Ali A, Hassell H, Patkas I ( 2010 ) . Psychiatric in‐Patients Away From Home: Accounts by People With Intellectual Disabilities in Specialist Hospitals Outside Their Home Localities . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities vol. 24 , ( 1 ) 50 - 60 .
Hall I, Ali A ( 2009 ) . Assessing Mental Capacity and Making Best Interest Decisions . Intellectual Disability Psychiatry , Wiley
Ali A, Hall I ( 2009 ) . Use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act in the general Hospital . Psychiatry vol. 8 , ( 6 ) 194 - 197 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2008 ) . Illness in people with intellectual disabilities . The BMJ vol. 336 , ( 7644 )
Hassiotis A, Strydom A, Hall I, Ali A, Lawrence-Smith G, Meltzer H, Head J, Bebbington P ( 2007 ) . Psychiatric morbidity and social functioning among adults with borderline intelligence living in private households . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research vol. 0 , ( 0 ) 071103031912001 - ??? .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Deliberate self harm and assessing suicidal risk . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup11 ) m212 - m213 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Alcohol misuse: diagnosis and management . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup10 ) m182 - m185 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Diagnosing and managing depression . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( 9 ) m165 - m167 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Assessment of capacity to consent to medical treatment . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup8 ) m148 - m149 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Managing the violent patient . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup8 ) m142 - m144 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Conducting a mental state examination . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup7 ) m122 - m125 .
Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Taking a psychiatric history . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup6 ) m102 - m104 .
Lawrence-Smith G, Ali A, Hassiotis A ( 2006 ) . Psychiatry in the general hospital: hints from the shop floor . British Journal of Hospital Medicine vol. 67 , ( Sup5 ) m82 - m84 .
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