Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

A comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities.

This clear and user-friendly handbook helps busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities. Most importantly, it helps 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.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Hassiotis, Angela; Barron, Diana Andrea; Hall, Ian

ISBN:

978-0-47-074251-8

Specialty:

• Psychiatry

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

288

Publication Year:

2009