Intellectual Disability Psychiatry A Practical Handbook

Name: Intellectual Disability Psychiatry A Practical Handbook
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ISBN: 9780470742518

ISBN-10: 0470742518

ISBN-13: 9780470742518

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Angela Hassiotis, Diana Andrea Barron, Ian Hall

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This practical handbook provides psychiatry trainees and other mental health professionals with useful guidance on dealing with services users who have Intellectual Disability [ID] and mental disorders. It outlines the principles of management of these services users, and also provides accessible scientific information relating to mental disorders in people with ID. Topics include the classification of mental disorders in ID, evaluation of the patient with ID and mental disorders, psychological and psychopharmacological interventions, physical illness and ID, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of managing service users with Intellectual Disability.

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 12/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.74" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



List of Contributors


Foreword




Introduction




Effective Communication




Clinical Assessment




Assessing Mental Capacity and Making Best Interest Decisions




Common Mental Disorders (Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD)




Psychotic Illness




Mental Health Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorders




Substance Misuse




Challenging Behaviour




Interaction between Mental and Physical Health




Mental Health of Older People




Management of Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities




Mental Health Crises




Pharmacological Interventions




Psychological Interventions




Community Care




Critique of the ICD 10 and DSM IV based Classification of Mental Disorders in Intellectual Disability




A to Z of Disciplines That May Contribute to the Multi- and Interdisciplinary Work as Applied to Mood and Anxiety Disorders



Index