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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825199603321

Titolo

Mental health services for adults with intellectual disability : strategies and solutions / / edited by Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove [England] ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-14767-1

1-135-14768-X

1-282-57007-2

9786612570070

0-203-85608-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Maudsley monographs, , 0076-5465

Altri autori (Persone)

BourasNick

HoltGeraldine <1951->

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Intellectual disability

Mental health services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: Development of specialist mental health services; CHAPTER ONE: The specialist mental health model and other services in a changing environment; CHAPTER TWO: Services for people with intellectual disability and offending behaviour; CHAPTER THREE: An international perspective of mental health services for people with intellectual disability; PART II: Clinical practice; CHAPTER FOUR: Assessment, diagnosis and rating instruments; CHAPTER FIVE: Service use and outcomes

CHAPTER SIX: Neuroimaging and genetic syndromesCHAPTER SEVEN: The association between psychopathology and intellectual disability; PART III: Training as an integrated component of service delivery; CHAPTER EIGHT: Training professionals, family carers and support staff to work effectively with people with intellectual disability and mental health problems; Online resources; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers how mental health services have evolved over the past three decades to meet the needs of people with intellectual



disability, focusing on the ways that theories and policies have been applied to clinical practice.Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt both have extensive experience in developing and running mental health services and bring together international contributors all with longstanding expertise in the fields of mental health and intellectual disability. They present the current evidence based practice as how people with intellectual disability can be best care