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Guide to mental health for families and carers of people with intellectual disabilities / Geraldine Holt ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caregivers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Caregivers.
- Learning disabled--Mental health.
- Learning disabled.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This guide outlines a range of symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. It explains why mental health problems develop, and what can be done to help people with intellectual disabilities and carers themselves. There are chapters on specific disabilities such as autism and epilepsy.
- Contents:
- Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THIS GUIDE; What is this Guide for?; 1 General Information Regarding Mental Health Problems; 2 Mental Health Problems; 3 Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems; 4 Therapeutic Interventions; 5 Challenging Behaviour; 6 Law, Policy and Ethical Issues; 7 Autism; 8 Epilepsy; 9 Carers' Needs and Support; APPENDIX: INFORMATION FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT (1983); FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; GLOSSARY; ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610266913
- 9781280266911
- 1280266910
- 9781423709947
- 1423709942
- 9781846420238
- 1846420237
- OCLC:
- 567972117
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