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
1. New patterns of
service - Mary Lindsey
2. Applied
epidemiology - Tom Fryers and Oliver Russell
3. Genetics and
learning disability - Walter Muir
4. Behavioural
phenotypes - Tom Berney
5. Children with
learning disabilities and psychiatric problems - Bruce
Tonge
6. Autism
- Craig Melville and John Cameron
7. Communicating
with people with learning disability - Julia Scotland
and W. Fraser
8. Adults with
learning disabilities and psychiatric problems - Mike
Vanstraelen,
Geraldine Holt and Nick Bouras
9. Psychiatry of
learning disability in older people - Sally-Ann
Cooper
10. Counselling
and psychotherapy - Sheila Hollins
11. Psychological
treatment of common behavioural problems - Andrew
Jahoda and
Audrey Espie
12. Psychotropic
medication and learning disability - Zed
Ahmed
13.
Epilepsy - Michael Kerr
14. Health needs
and the organisation of health care - Helen Baxter,
Christopher
Morgan and Michael
Kerr
15. Health
morbidity in adults with Down’s syndrome - Vee
Prasher
16. Forensic
psychiatry and learning disability - Susan
Johnston
17. Consent and
decision-making capacity - Anthony Holland
Selective glossary of terms used in
molecular genetics
Index