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Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

Publication Year:
2009
Edition:
1st
Author:
Hassiotis, Angela; Barron, Diana Andrea; and Hall, Ian
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN:
978-0-47-074251-8
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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 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.
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OvidSP
Publisher:
Wiley
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Hassiotis, Angela; Barron, Diana Andrea; and Hall, Ian
ISBN:
978-0-47-074251-8
Specialty:
  • Psychiatry
Language:
English
Edition:
1st
Pages:
288
Publication Year:
2009

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