Description
Book SynopsisPatients with intellectual disability (ID) can benefit from the full range of mental health services. To ensure that psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment interventions are relevant and effective; individuals with ID should be evaluated and treated within the context of their developmental framework. Behavior should be viewed as a form of communication.
Individuals with ID often present with behavioral symptoms complicated by limited expressive language skills and undiagnosed medical conditions. Many training programs do not include focused study of individuals with ID, despite the fact that patients with ID will be seen by virtually every mental health practitioner. In this book, the authors present a framework for competent assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in individuals with ID.
Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability is a resource guide for psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other prescribers treating patients with ID. It is a
Trade Review
"..the book easily surpasses its goal to serve as a manual for the psychiatric treatment of this population, as the chapters provide a solid overview of the subject matter,including contemporary references.
Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability: A Practical Manual will definitely appeal to those who spend the majority of their professional time providing psychiatric care to individuals with intellectual disabilities as well as to those with less frequent contact with this patient group." (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2013)
“This is a superb and extremely helpful book on the diagnosis and management of patients with intellectual disability. I wish this book were available when I was in training!.” (Doody's, 12 October 2012)
"This is a good source of practical information directed at clinicians in the field. Drs. Gentile and Gillig provide us with a concise well referenced survey of the rapidly developing field of community-based management of complex neurobehavioral and psychiatric conditions." (
The NADD Bulletin, 2012)
Table of ContentsDedications vii
Editor biographies ix
List of contributors xi
List of abbreviations xiii
Foreword xv
1 Overview 1
Allison E. Cowan, MD and Julie P. Gentile, MD
2 Psychiatric Assessment 14
Ann K. Morrison, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD
3 Medical Assessment 26
Julie P. Gentile, MD and Michelle A. Monro, DO
4 Neurologic Conditions 51
Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD and Richard Sanders, MD
5 Traumatic Brain Injuries and Co-occurring Mental Illness 75
Gretchen N. Foley, MD
6 Interviewing Techniques 90
Julie P. Gentile, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD
7 Mood Disorders 125
Ann K. Morrison, MD and Christina Weston, MD
8 Anxiety Disorders 146
Kelly M. Blankenship, MD
9 Psychotic Disorders 161
Allison E. Cowan, MD
10 Personality Disorders 191
Julie P. Gentile, MD and Allison E. Cowan, MD
11 Aggression 210
Julie P. Gentile, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD
12 Psychotropic Medications 250
Christopher T. Manetta, DO and Julie P. Gentile, MD
13 Psychotherapy 278
Carroll S. Jackson, LISW-S and Julie P. Gentile, MD
14 Behavioral Assessment and Interventions 309
Betsey A. Benson, PhD
15 Legal Issues for Treatment Providers and Evaluators 325
Jeannette Cox, JD
16 Syndromes of Intellectual Disability 338
Kelly M. Blankenship, MD and Christina Weston, MD
Index 366
