Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability: A Practical Manual

A resource guide for psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other prescribers treating patients with ID.

Patients with intellectual disability (ID) can benefit from the full range of mental health services. To ensure that psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment interventions are relevant and effective; individuals with ID should be evaluated and treated within the context of their developmental framework. Behavior should be viewed as a form of communication.

Individuals with ID often present with behavioral symptoms complicated by limited expressive language skills and undiagnosed medical conditions. Many training programs do not include focused study of individuals with ID, despite the fact that patients with ID will be seen by virtually every mental health practitioner. In this book, the authors present a framework for competent assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in individuals with ID.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Gentile, Julie P.; Gillig, Paulette Marie

ISBN:

978-1-11-999381-0

Specialty:

• Psychiatry

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

392

Publication Year:

2012

Doody's Star Rating®:

Score:

86