Mental health services for adults with intellectual disability strategies and solutions

This book considers how mental health services have evolved over the past three decades to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability, focusing on the ways that theories and policies have been applied to clinical practice.Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt both have extensive experience in de...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bouras, Nick (-), Holt, Geraldine, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Psychology Press 2010.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Maudsley monographs.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798211406719
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: Development of specialist mental health services; CHAPTER ONE: The specialist mental health model and other services in a changing environment; CHAPTER TWO: Services for people with intellectual disability and offending behaviour; CHAPTER THREE: An international perspective of mental health services for people with intellectual disability; PART II: Clinical practice; CHAPTER FOUR: Assessment, diagnosis and rating instruments; CHAPTER FIVE: Service use and outcomes
  • CHAPTER SIX: Neuroimaging and genetic syndromesCHAPTER SEVEN: The association between psychopathology and intellectual disability; PART III: Training as an integrated component of service delivery; CHAPTER EIGHT: Training professionals, family carers and support staff to work effectively with people with intellectual disability and mental health problems; Online resources; Author index; Subject index