Psychiatric and behavioural disorders in intellectual and developmental disabilities / / edited by Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 424 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetto topico: People with mental disabilities - Mental health; People with mental disabilities - Mental health services
• Persona (resp. second.): BourasNick; HoltGeraldine <1951->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Assessment and diagnosis -- Diagnosis of mental disorders in people with intellectual disabilities / Peter Sturney -- Mental health assessment and monitoring tools for people with intellectual disabilities / Caroline Mohr and Helen Costello -- Inter-disciplinary multi-modal assessment for mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities / Jean O'Hara -- The relationship between challenging behaviours and psychiatric disorders in people with severe intellectual disabilities / Colin Hemmings -- The interface between medical and psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disabilties / Nick Lennox -- pt. II. Psychopathology and special topics -- The psychopathology of children with intellectual disabilities / Bruce Tonge -- Depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders in peole with intellectual disabilities / Chrissoula Stavrakaki and Yona Lunsky -- Scizophrenia spectrum disorders in people with intellectual disabilities / David Clarke -- Personality disorder / William R. Lindsay -- Dementia and mental ill-health in older people with intellectual disabilities / Sally-Ann Cooper and Anthony J. Holland -- People with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of offending / Glynis Murphy and Jonathan Mason -- Behavioural phenotypes: growing understandings of psychiatric disorders in individuals with intellectual disabilities / Robert M. Hodapp and Elisabeth M. Dykens -- Mental health problems in people with autism and related disorders / Celine Saulnier and Fred Volkmar -- Self-injurious behaviour / John Hillery and Philip Dodd -- Mental health and epilepsy among adults with intellectual disabilities / Shoumitro Deb -- Neuroimaging and intellectual disabilities / Max Pickard and Dene Robertson -- pt. III. Treatment and therapeutic interventions -- Treatment methods for destructive and aggressive behaviour in people with severe developmental and intellectual disabilities / R. Matthew Reese, Jessica Hellings and Stephen Schroeder. ; Behavioural approaches to treatment: principles and practices / Betsey A. Benson and Susan M. Havercamp -- Psychopharmacology in intellectual disabilities / Bryan King -- Psychosocial interventions for people with intellectual disabilities / Dave Dagnan -- Psychodynamic approaches to people with intellectual disabilities: individuals, groups/systems and families / Georgina Parkes and Sheila Hollins -- pt. IV. Policy and service systems -- Mental health and intellectual disabilities: the development of services / Stuart Cumella -- Clinical services for people with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric or severe behaviour disorders / Philip W. Davidson and Jean O'Hara -- Staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems / Chris Hatton and Fiona Lobban -- Professional training for those working with people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems / Helen Costello [and others].
• Sommario/riassunto: Entirely revised and updated, this edition of a very well-received and successful book provides the essentials for all those involved in the fields of intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities and mental retardation, drawing both on clinical experience and the latest research findings. An international, multidisciplinary team of experts cover the available literature in full and bring together the most relevant and useful information on mental health and behavioural problems of people with intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities and mental retardation. In addition, this book highlights the principles behind clinical practice for assessment, management and services. It offers hands-on, practical advice for psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, managers and service providers.
• Altri titoli varianti: Psychiatric & Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
• Titolo autorizzato: Psychiatric and behavioural disorders in intellectual and developmental disabilities
• ISBN: 1-107-15752-8; 1-280-75027-8; 9786610750276; 0-511-26933-1; 0-511-27046-1; 0-511-26832-7; 0-511-32299-2; 0-511-54361-1; 0-511-26899-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457753303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II