Intellectual disability understanding its development, causes, classification, evaluation, and treatment
Some 7.2 million people in the U.S. currently suffer an intellectual disability. This book offers professionals the latest & most reliable information on these disabilities.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Developmental perspectives in psychiatry.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798125806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins, changing concepts, and legal safeguards
- The classification of intellectual disability
- Epidemiology: who is affected?
- Etiology and assessment
- Understanding and evaluating emotional and behavioral impairment
- Genetics, behavior, and behavioral phenotypes
- A lifespan developmental approach
- Family, behavioral, interpersonal, psychoeducational, pharmacologic and community interventions
- Ethics and spirituality.
