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Zusatztext "The book's style is remarkably readable and consistent for a multi-author text ... I would enthusiastically recommend this book to all clinicians with an interest in the mental health of people with intellectual disability or who have responsibility for managing and developing services. In particular! I think that service managers and commissioners will find it a valuable source of guidance and inspiration." - Adam Kirby! The Ridge Hill Centre! in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Informationen zum Autor Nick Bouras is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, United Kingdom. Geraldine Holt is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Goldberg , Foreword. Bouras, Holt , Introduction. Part I: Development of Specialist Mental Health Services. Chaplin, Paschos, O’Hara , The Specialist Mental Health Model and Other Services in a Changing Environment. Chaplin, Xenitidis , Services for People with Intellectual Disability and Offending Behaviour. Cain, Davidson, Dosen, Garcia-Ibañez, Giesow, Hillery, Kwok, Martorell, Novell-Alsina, Salvador-Carulla, Torr, An International Perspective of Mental Health Services for People with Intellectual Disability. Part II: Clinical Practice. Flynn, Gravestock , Assessment, Diagnosis and Rating Instruments. Hemmings , Service Use and Outcomes. Harding, Robertson , Neuroimaging and Genetic Syndromes. Pickard, Akinsola , The Association Between Psychopathology and Intellectual Disability. Part III: Training as an Integrated Component of Service Delivery. Costello, Hardy, Tsakanikos, McCarthy , Training professionals, family carers and support staff to work effectively with people with intellectual disability and mental health problems. ...
