People with learning disabilities are more likely to given medications for mental health compared to other people.

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Taking a lot of medications can sometimes mean people are more likely to put on weight, have diabetes, seizures, and heart and liver problems.

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Our research will be about listening to what people with learning disabilities think about it. We will also be listening to their family members and paid carers.

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We want to find out how to make sure people with learning disabilities, their family members and paid carers can make decisions about taking mental health medications.

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The research aims to make a co-produced toolkit with information and resources to help people make decisions about their mental health medications.

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This project will be co-produced with co-researchers with learning disabilities from each of four collaborating self-advocacy organisations across the North of England.

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