The Matrix

A Guide to Delivering Evidence Based Psychological Therapies and Interventions in Scotland

 Scottish Government Home
Home Evidence Summaries Populations Requiring Special Considerations and Adjustments

Populations Requiring Special Considerations and Adjustments

This section covers practice guidance and, where available, evidence summaries for people using services where adaptations and adjustments will reduce barriers to engagement and promote better outcomes.

Populations Requiring Special Considerations and Adjustments

Autistic and otherwise Neurodivergent People (Children, Young People and Adults)

Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people

Conditions Specific to Childhood

 

Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to children and young people

Separation Anxiety

  • Elimination (content under development)

Forensic Populations

 

  • Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to people with forensic difficulties (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Impulsive Behaviour (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Serious Violence (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Sexual Offending (content under development - expected 2025)

Intellectual/Learning Disabilities

 

  • Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to people with Intellectual/Learning Disabilities (content under development)

Neurological Disorders

 

  • Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to people with neurological difficulties  (content under development - expected 2025
  • Acquired Brain Injury (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Dementia (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Epilepsy (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Mild Neurocognitive Disorder (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Parkinson’s Disease (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Stroke (content under development - expected 2025)

Physical Health

 

  • Delivering effective psychological therapies and interventions to people with physical health difficulties (content under development - expected 2025)

Chronic Pain

  • Cancer (content under development - expected 2025)
  • Cardiovascular Disease (content under development - expected 2025)

Diabetes

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (content under development - expected 2025)

Obesity

  • Respiratory Conditions including asthma (content under development - expected 2025)