Psychiatric and behavioural disorders in developmental disabilities and mental retardation /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:xv, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3967365
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Other authors / contributors:Bouras, Nick.
ISBN:0521580765 (hb)
0521643953 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Part I. Assessment and diagnosis
  • 1. Diagnosis of mental disorders in people with intellectual disabilities
  • 2. Mental health assessment and monitoring tools for people with intellectual disabilities
  • 3. Inter-disciplinary multi-modal assessment for mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities
  • 4. The relationship between challenging behaviours and psychiatric disorders in people with severe intellectual disabilities
  • 5. The interface between medical and psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disabilities
  • Part II. Psychopathology and special topics
  • 6. The psychopathology of children with intellectual disabilities
  • 7. Depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders in people with intellectual disabilities
  • 8. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders in people with intellectual disabilities
  • 9. Personality disorder
  • 10. Dementia and mental ill-health in older people with intellectual disabilities
  • 11. People with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of offending
  • 12. Behavioural phenotypes: growing understandings of psychiatric disorders in individuals with intellectual disabilities
  • 13. Mental health problems in people with autism and related disorders
  • 14. Self-injurious behaviour
  • 15. Mental health and epilepsy among adults with intellectual disabilities
  • 16. Neuroimaging and intellectual disabilities
  • Part III. Treatment and therapeutic interventions
  • 17. Treatment methods for destructive and aggressive behaviour in people with severe developmental and intellectual disabilities
  • 18. Behavioural approaches to treatment: principles and practices
  • 19. Psychopharmacology in intellectual disabilities
  • 20. Psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities
  • 21. Psychodynamic approaches to people with intellectual disabilities: individuals, groups/systems and families
  • Part IV. Policy and service systems
  • 22. Mental health and intellectual disabilities: the development of services
  • 23. Clinical services for people with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric or severe behaviour disorders
  • 24. Staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems
  • 25. Professional training for those working with people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems
  • Index