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This comprehensive edited volume synthesizes the current state of research and practice in psychological, medical, and motor disorders as they affect individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). It examines how these disorders exist across this population, sometimes confound diagnosis, and often affect individuals' quality of life. In addition, this book explores which treatments are effective for patients and points to future challenges.
Comorbid conditions featured include:
- Challenging behaviors.
- ADHD, autism, and other conditions present during early childhood.
- Anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.
- Balance and gait problems.
- Cerebral palsy.
- Medical conditions common to persons with ID, such as epilepsy, obesity, and chronic pain.
Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics, and educational psychology.
List of contents
Part I: Overview.- Chapter 1. Scope and Prevalence of the Problem.- Part II: Psychological Disorders.- Chapter 2. Challenging Behaviors (CB).- Chapter 3. Psychopathology: ADHD, Autism, and Other Conditions Present in Early Childhood.- Chapter 4. Psychopathology: Anxiety, Depression and Schizophrenia.- Chapter 5. Feeding Disorders.- Chapter 6. Sleep Disorders.- Part III: Medical Disorders.- Chapter 7. Epilepsy.- Chapter 8. Dementia.- Chapter 9. Obesity.- Chapter 10. Pain.- Part IV: Motor Movement Problems.- Chapter 11. Balance and Gait.- Chapter 12. Overview of Cerebral Palsy (CP).- Chapter 13. The Relationship of Cerebral Palsy Comorbid Conditions with Participation and Quality of Life.- Chapter 14. Current Status and Future Directions.
About the author
Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., Professor and Distinguished Research Master and Director of the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He is the author of more than 450 publications, including 34 books. In addition, he is the editor-in-chief of two research journals, Research in Developmental Disabilities and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. He has served as an expert for the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and is past president of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Division of the American Psychological Association. His research and clinical interests are in autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities.
Summary
This comprehensive edited volume synthesizes the current state of research and practice in psychological, medical, and motor disorders as they affect individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). It examines how these disorders exist across this population, sometimes confound diagnosis, and often affect individuals’ quality of life. In addition, this book explores which treatments are effective for patients and points to future challenges.Comorbid conditions featured include:Challenging behaviors.ADHD, autism, and other conditions present during early childhood.Anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.Balance and gait problems.Cerebral palsy.Medical conditions common to persons with ID, such as epilepsy, obesity, and chronic pain.Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics, and educational psychology.
Report
"The book explores comorbid psychological, medical, and motor disorders in people with intellectual disabilities. It also considers evidence-based treatments and where future research should be directed. ... This book does a good job of discussing various comorbid conditions for individuals with intellectual disabilities in terms of assessment and treatment." (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2016)
