title: Behavioural misdiagnosis.
abstract: This article explores the possibility that the behaviours of some clients with learning disabilities may be due to neurological dysfunction. It outlines some neurological explanation for behaviour previously labelled as challenging, and observes how this knowledge may affect our common understanding of people with learning disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Community Challenging Behaviour Service, South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reeves
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*