Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities. A clear and user–friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities. Most importantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnostic assessment and develop and implement an holistic, person–centred, evidence–based management plan.
Topics covered include the classification of mental disorders in intellectual disability, the clinical assessment of specific disorders, psychological, psychopharmacological and social interventions, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of supporting service users with intellectual disability who have mental health problems.
Written by practising psychiatrists for psychiatrists and other health professionals and care managers who meet people with intellectual disability in clinical settings, it provides practical advice on assessment and intervention for mental health problems
• Information clearly displayed in tables and boxes, accompanied by further detail within the text
• Easily assimilated format, ideal for use in both clinical and community settings
Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: a practical handbook is essential reading for both consultants and psychiatrists in training, as well as other health professionals supporting people with intellectual disabilities in the full range of clinical and community settings.

Spis treści:
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 Interest Dec isions
Ian Hall and Afia Ali
5 Common Mental Disorders (Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD)
Elspeth Bradley, Rebecca Goody, Shirley McMillan and Andrew Levitas
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 Intellectual Disabilities
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 the Multi– and Interdisciplinary Work as Applied to Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Elspeth Bradley, Rebecca Goody and Shirley McMillan
Index


Nota biograficzna:
Dr Angela Hassiotis is senior lecturer at the Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London.  She is also an elected member of the Faculty of Learning Disability Psychiatry Executive, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, and  co–chair of the Special Interest Research Group Challenging Behaviour/Mental Health, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IAS SID)   
Dr Diana Andrea Barron is clinical research fellow at UCL,Department of Mental Health Sciences.
Dr Ian Hall is honorary senior lecturer, UCL Dept of Mental Health Sciences, and also works for the Community Learning Disability Service of the East London NHS Foundation Trust.
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Okładka tylna:
Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities. A clear and user–friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities. Most importantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnostic assessment and develop and implement an holistic, person–centred, evidence–based management plan.
Topics covered include the classification of mental disorders in intellectual disability, the clinical assessment of specific disorders, psychological, psychopharmacological and social interventions, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of supporting service users with intellectual disability who have mental health problems.
Written by practising psychiatrists for psychiatrists and other health professionals and care managers who meet people with intellectual disability in clinical settings, it provides practical advice on assessment and intervention for mental health problems
• Information clearly displayed in tables and boxes, accompanied by further detail within the text
• Easily assimilated format, ideal for use in both clinical and community settings
Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: a practical handbook is essential reading for both consultants and psychiatrists in training, as well as other health professionals supporting people with intellectual disabilities in the full range of clinical and community settings.