Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities
(Second edition)
Edited by William Fraser and Michael Kerr
Part of the College Seminars
Series.
Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities (second
edition) is an informative and readable textbook that provides
a comprehensive overview of the field in one volume. It is both a
revision and an expansion of the first edition, published in 1997.
The field of learning disability has advanced very rapidly, with
changes in the climate of caring, diagnostic categories and
concepts and our understanding of the diverse causes of learning
disability.
This second edition contains several new chapters
incorporating accounts of the psychological treatment of
behavioural problems, consent and capacity, the underlying causes
of learning disability and molecular genetics. Existing challenges
facing learning disability specialists are also highlighted,
including physical health needs, communication between
professionals and those with learning disabilities and the
organisation of comprehensive health care.
- Ideal for those in specialist training, or those seeking a more
general understanding of learning disabilities.
- Topics explained in accessible, tutorial-style chapters.
- Comprehensive coverage of the subject in a single volume.
"This new edition is designed to provide the essential background
necessary for those in higher training in the subspecialty. It
indeed acheives this aim and as such it is a 'must buy' for those
going on to specialize in this field. ...Although it has not many
other books in the way of competition it still stands up well to
critical review."
Journal of Intellectual Disability
Research
Contents
List of tables, boxes and figures
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
- New patterns of service - Mary Lindsey
- Applied epidemiology - Tom Fryers and Oliver
Russell
- Genetics and learning disability - Walter Muir
- Behavioural phenotypes - Tom Berney
- Children with learning disabilities and psychiatric problems -
Bruce Tonge
- Autism - Craig Melville and John Cameron
- Communicating with people with learning disability - Julia
Scotland and W. Fraser
- Adults with learning disabilities and psychiatric problems -
Mike Vanstraelen, Geraldine Holt and Nick Bouras
- Psychiatry of learning disability in older people -
Sally-Ann Cooper
- Counselling and psychotherapy - Sheila Hollins
- Psychological treatment of common behavioural problems -
Andrew Jahoda and Audrey Espie
- Psychotropic medication and learning disability - Zed
Ahmed
- Epilepsy - Michael Kerr
- Health needs and the organisation of health care - Helen
Baxter, Christopher Morgan and Michael Kerr
- Health morbidity in adults with Down’s syndrome - Vee
Prasher
- Forensic psychiatry and learning disability - Susan
Johnston
- Consent and decision-making capacity - Anthony
Holland
Selective glossary of terms used in molecular genetics
Index