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Intellectual Disability Psychiatry
eBook - A Practical Handbook
ISBN/EAN: 9781118709856
Umbreit-Nr.: 4589099
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 288 S., 1.18 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 13.03.2013
Auflage: 2/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <b><i>Intellectual Disability Psychiatry</i></b> 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.<p>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.</p>
- Kurztext
- 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.
- Autorenportrait
- 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)<p>Dr Diana Andrea Barron is clinical research fellow at UCL,Department of Mental Health Sciences.</p><p>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.</p><p> .</p>