Record Nr.

UNINA9910139577003321

Autore

Sellars Carol

Titolo

Risk assessment in people with learning disabilities [[electronic resource] /] / Carol Sellars

Pubbl/distr/stampa


[S.l.], : BPS Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-119-97593-X

1-283-28010-8

9786613280107

1-119-97578-6

1-119-97575-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

186 p

Disciplina

616.85889

Soggetti

Learning disabilities

Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition first published 2011 by the British Psychological Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

RISK ASSESSMENT IN PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES; Contents; Preface: Introduction to Second Edition; 1 Assessing Risks in the Lives of People with Intellectual Impairment; 2 The Problem of Predicting Risk; 3 Assessing Risks and Establishing Care Plans; 4 Everyday Risks; 5 Parents with Intellectual Impairment; 6 Self-harm, Mental Illness and Risk; 7 Other Mental Disorders and Associated Risks; 8 Violence and Offending in People with Intellectual Impairment; 9 Sex Offenders with Intellectual Impairment; 10 Assessment of Risk with Those You Care For: the Way Forward

References and Suggested Further ReadingIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities').Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity ActCovers methods of assessing a person's capacity to consent in a range of

situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenariosCovers imp

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00332811

Autore

FERREIRA, Manuel

Titolo

Regresso adiado / Manuel Ferreira