Intellectual disability : some current issues / Joav Merrick, Donald E. Greydanus and Dilip R. Patel, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Greydanus, Donald E., editor.

Patel, Dilip R., editor.

Series:

Disability studies (Nova Science Publishers)

Disability Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities.

Developmental disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intellectual disability is characterized by deficits in cognitive and adaptive abilities that initially manifest before 18 years of age. The prevalence of intellectual disability is estimated to be between 1 and 3 out of every 100 individuals in the general population. Most individuals have mild intellectual disability and the cause is generally not identified. A small percentage of individuals have severe deficits and will need lifetime supports. The diagnosis of intellectual disability requires formal psychometric testing to assess the intelligence quotient and adaptive functioning. The mana

Contents:

""INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: SOME CURRENT ISSUES""; ""INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: SOME CURRENT ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEFINITION""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""CLINICAL FEATURES""; ""DIAGNOSIS""; ""TREATMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""SECTION ONE: CURRENT ISSUES""; ""Chapter 2: DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: ABUSE AND NEGLECT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ABUSE""; ""ABUSE AS A CAUSE OF DISABILITY""

""EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AS A PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY""""ASSESSING FOR ABUSE""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT""; ""REPORTING MALTREATMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: DISABILITY AND WOMEN�S HEALTH""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ACCESS TO CARE""; ""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""SEXUALITY IS A NORMAL HUMAN DESIRE""; ""PUBERTY""; ""SOCIETAL FACTORS AS BARRIERS FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES""; ""SEX EDUCATION""; ""SEXUAL ABUSE""; ""BARRIERS TO GYNECOLOGICAL CARE""; ""THE OFFICE VISIT""; ""HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE""; ""MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS""; ""CONTRACEPTION""

""SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION""""PREGNANCY""; ""MENOPAUSE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: DEMENTIA""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEMENTIA AND AGING""; ""RECOGNITION OF THE ISSUE""; ""DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA""; ""DIAGNOSTIC TESTS""; ""PET AND SPECT STUDIES""; ""EEG""; ""BIOLOGICAL MARKERS""; ""DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA""; ""CAUSES OF DEMENTIA""; ""ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE""; ""CAUSES OF ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE""; ""PROTECTIVE FACTORS""; ""NEUROPATHOLOGY""; ""THEORIES THAT EXPLAIN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE""; ""SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP""

""THE NATURAL EVOLUTION""""OTHER DEMENTIAS""; ""HUNTINGTON DISEASE""; ""DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES""; ""REVERSIBLE OR TREATABLE DEMENTIAS (PSEUDODEMENTIA)""; ""MANAGEMENT OF DEMENTIA""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: DERMATOLOGY ISSUES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DERMATOLOGIC DESCRIPTORS ASSOCIATED IN PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY""; ""CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES""; ""MONOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES""; ""X-LINKED DOMINANT""; ""X-LINKED RECESSIVE""; ""COMBINED INHERITANCE""; ""UNKNOWN INHERITANCE""

""COMMON DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD AND THEIR MANAGEMENT""""FUNGAL""; ""INFESTATIONS""; ""DERMATITIS""; ""TRAUMA""; ""MEDICATION-RELATED DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS""; ""MISCELLANEOUS COMMON CONDITIONS""; ""SOME IILLUSTRATIVE CASES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: FOOT CARE AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GAIT""; ""BASIC SHOE STRUCTURES AND FOOT TYPES""; ""FOOTWEAR AND FALLS""; ""DIABETES AND FOOT CARE""; ""BECOMING AN AMPUTEE""; ""PODIATRY, DISABILITY AND THE LAW""; ""SPECIAL PODIATRY CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHILDREN""

""JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-867-8

OCLC:

914433324