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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459863603321

Autore

Webb Zillah

Titolo

Intellectual Disabilities and Personality Disorder [[electronic resource] ] : An integrated approach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, : Pavilion Publishing, 2014

ISBN

1-909810-69-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (478 p.)

Disciplina

616.8581

Soggetti

Persons with Mental Disabilities

Personality Disorders

Intellectual Disability

Learning Disabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 11: Suicidal behaviour, self-harm and self-injury Chapter 12: Crisis management; Chapter 13: Difficulties engaging with services; Chapter 14: Tensions, disagreements and unhelpful responses within and between teams; Chapter 15: Difficulties with relatives, family and partners; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

Individuals with intellectual disabilities and personality disorders can be very complex to support and few LD trained staff have the skills to address their needs. Many approaches traditionally developed and used with individuals with personality disorder are too complex to use with people with learning disabilities without skilled adaptation. This handbook bridges this gap in resources and gives staff a framework for understanding and addressing the problems that arise when an individual has both intellectual disabilities and a personality disorder. The handbook introduces personality disor