Risk assessment in people with learning disabilities / / Carol Sellars

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827978103321
• Autore: Sellars Carol
• 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