The following are seen as important texts for the MRCPsych in Learning Disability.
Bouras, N. (ed.) (1999) Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation. (2nd edit??) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Read, S. (ed.) (1997) Psychiatry in Learning Disability. London: W.B. Saunders.
Fraser, W. 4 kerr, M (2003) Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disability (Second Edition). London: Gaskell.
Royal College of Psychiatrists (2001) DC-LD [Diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders for use with adults with learning disabilities/mental retardation] London: Gaskell.
WHO (1996) ICD-10 Guide for Mental Retardation. Geneva: WHO. [Download as pdf file]
Last ‘white paper’ on services for people with LD in this country:
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