Intellectual Disability Psychiatry A

This practical handbook provides psychiatry trainees and other mental health professionals with useful guidance on dealing with services users who have Intellectual Disability [ID] and mental disorders. It outlines the principles of management of these services users, and also provides accessible scientific information relating to mental disorders in people with ID. Topics include the classification of mental disorders in ID, evaluation of the patient with ID and mental disorders, psychological and psychopharmacological interventions, physical illness and ID, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of managing service users with Intellectual Disability.

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 (IASSID)

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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List of Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Effective Communication	p. 3
Clinical Assessment	p. 21
Assessing Mental Capacity and Making Best Interest Decisions	p. 37
Common Mental Disorders (Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD)	p. 51
Psychotic Illness	p. 67
Mental Health Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorders	p. 85
Substance Misuse	p. 101
Challenging Behaviour	p. 115
Interaction between Mental and Physical Health	p. 133
Mental Health of Older People	p. 149
Management of Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 169
Mental Health Crises	p. 185
Pharmacological Interventions	p. 203
Psychological Interventions	p. 223
Community Care	p. 237
Critique of the ICD 10 and DSM IV based Classification of Mental Disorders in Intellectual Disability	p. 253
A to Z of Disciplines That May Contribute to the Multi- and Interdisciplinary Work as Applied to Mood and Anxiety Disorders	p. 257
Index	p. 265
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Intellectual Disability Psychiatry A Practical Handbook

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