Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities

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Anastasia Gratsa, Geraldine Holt, Nick Bouras
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 23 jun 2004 - 240 pagina's

A practical and comprehensive introduction for carers to mental health problems, this accessible guide outlines a range of signs and symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. The guide explains why mental health problems develop, and advises on what can be done to help people with intellectual disabilities and carers themselves. With chapters on specific disabilities such as autism and epilepsy, the authors cover topics such as:

* treatment and interventions for mental health problems

* getting the best services and understanding policy around mental health and intellectual disabilities

* legal issues, for example, what it means to `give consent'

* carers' needs and support for carers.

Written with advice from carers and people with intellectual disabilities who use mental health services, this book is an essential resource for all those who care for, and with, people with learning disabilities.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
6
FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THIS GUIDE
7
What is this Guide for?
13
1 General Information Regarding Mental Health Problems
19
2 Mental Health Problems
45
3 Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems
81
4 Therapeutic Interventions
113
5 Challenging Behaviour
141
7 Autism
169
8 Epilepsy
183
9 Carers Needs and Support
197
INFORMATION FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983
217
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
224
GLOSSARY
227
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
232
INDEX
233

6 Law Policy and Ethical Issues
153
Copyright

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Anastasia Gratsa is a psychologist at the Estia Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London. She has extensive experience in research and psychotherapy and is a former manager of a residential care home/therapeutic community. Geraldine Holt is Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities at South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has published widely on the subject of mental health and learning disabilities. Nick Bouras is Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London and Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust. He is editor of the journal Intellectual Disability Research – Mental Health and has published extensively in community psychiatry and mental health aspects of people with intellectual disabilities.

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TitelGuide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities
RedacteursAnastasia Gratsa, Geraldine Holt, Nick Bouras
UitgeverJessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004
ISBN1846420237, 9781846420238
Lengte240 pagina's
  
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