Hassiotis / Barron / Hall Intellectual Disability Psychiatry

A Practical Handbook
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-68295-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensiveand accessible guide to the management of mental health problems inpeople with intellectual disabilities. A clear anduser-friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionalsdevelop their understanding of the mental health problems ofservice users with intellectual disabilities. Mostimportantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnosticassessment and develop and implement an holistic, person-centred,evidence-based management plan.
Topics covered include the classification of mental disorders inintellectual disability, the clinical assessment of specificdisorders, psychological, psychopharmacological and socialinterventions, and the practical, legal, and social aspects ofsupporting service users with intellectual disability who havemental health problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassiotis, Angela

Barron, Diana Andrea

Hall, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors
Foreword
Tony Holland
1 Introduction
Angela Hassiotis, Diana Andrea Barron and Ian Hall
2 Effective Communication
Diana Andrea Barron and Emma Winn
3 Clinical Assessment
Neill Simpson
4 Assessing Mental Capacity and Making Best InterestDecisions
Ian Hall and Afia Ali
5 Common Mental Disorders (Depression, Anxiety, OCD,PTSD)
Elspeth Bradley, Rebecca Goody, Shirley McMillan and AndrewLevitas
6 Psychotic Illness
Angela Hassiotis and Amanda Sinai
7 Mental Health Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Peter Carpenter
8 Substance Misuse
Helen Miller and Emma Whicher
9 Challenging Behaviour
David Smith and William Howie
10 Interaction between Mental and Physical Health
Michael Kerr and Basil Cardoza
11 Mental Health of Older People
Andre Strydom and Jennifer Torr
12 Management of Offenders with IntellectualDisabilities
Evan Yacoub and Ian Hall
13 Mental Health Crises
Deirdre O'Brady
14 Pharmacological Interventions
Shoumitro Deb
15 Psychological Interventions
Katrina Scior
16 Community Care
Philip Dodd and Patricia Noonan Walsh
Appendix A Critique of the ICD 10 and DSM IV based
Classification of Mental Disorders in Intellectual
Disability
Anna Cooper and Angela Hassiotis
Appendix B A to Z of Disciplines That May Contribute to theMulti- and Interdisciplinary Work as Applied to Mood and AnxietyDisorders
Elspeth Bradley, Rebecca Goody and Shirley McMillan
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Angela Hassiotis is senior lecturer at the Departmentof Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free & University CollegeMedical School, London. She is also an electedmember of the Faculty of Learning Disability Psychiatry Executive,Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, and co-chair of theSpecial Interest Research Group Challenging Behaviour/MentalHealth, International Association for the Scientific Study ofIntellectual Disabilities (IASSID)
Dr Diana Andrea Barron is clinical research fellow atUCL,Department of Mental Health Sciences.
Dr Ian Hall is honorary senior lecturer, UCL Dept of MentalHealth Sciences, and also works for the Community LearningDisability Service of the East London NHS Foundation Trust.
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