Psychiatric and behavioral disorders in intellectual and developmental disabilities / edited by Colin Hemmings and Nick Bouras

First edition 1999 Second edition 2007

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Foundations --Historical and international perspectives of services -- Classification and diagnosis -- The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in adults with intellectual disabilities -- Assessment instruments and rating scales -- Section 2. Mental disorders -- Dementias --Schizophrenia spectrum disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Stress, traumatic, and bereavement reactions -- Personality disorders -- Mental illness with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Section 3. Interventions -- Psychopharmacology -- Psychodynamic psychotherapy -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Behavioral approaches -- Section 4. Special topics -- Psychopathology of children with intellectual disabilities -- Behavioral phenotypes/genetic syndromes -- Offending behavior -- Problem behaviors and the interface with psychiatric disorders -- The interface between medical and psychiatric disorders -- Epilepsy -- Section 5. Services -- Specialized and mainstream mental health services -- Service users' and carers' experiences of mental health services -- Carer and family perspectives -- Section 6. Reflections -- Reflections.

"Fully revised, this new edition reviews the most up-to-date and clinically relevant information on the mental health and behavioral problems of people with intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities, also previously known as mental retardation. Providing the latest evidence base from the literature and embracing clinical experience, it covers the essential facts and concepts relating to coexisting medical and psychiatric disorders; with new and updated chapters on mental health and epilepsy, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, personality disorders, and mental health problems in people with autism and related disorders. The disorder-based chapters are complemented by chapters on carer and family perspectives, possible future developments and contributions highlighting the principles of assessment, management and services from global and historical perspectives. This is essential hands-on practical advice for psychiatrists, psychologists and all other mental health professionals including, nurses, therapists, social workers, managers, service providers and commissioners." - BOOK JACKET