Mental illness with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Mental illness with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders Trine L. Bakken, Sissel B. Helvershou, Siv Helene Høidal, and Harald Martinsen Introduction People with…

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Psychodynamic psychotherapy

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Figure 14.1 Malan’s triangles of conflict and person (Malan, 2001). In order to understand the hidden (unconscious) feelings, the therapist has to identify the defenses and the anxiety, and then…

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Personality disorders

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 10 Personality disorders William R. Lindsay and Regi Alexander Introduction Early studies on personality disorder (PD) and people with intellectual disabilities (ID) noted that, similar…

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Stress, traumatic, and bereavement reactions

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 9 Stress, traumatic, and bereavement reactions Philip Dodd and Fionnuala Kelly Introduction In the time since Reiss et al. (1982) discussed the impact of diagnostic…

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Mood disorders

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 7 Mood disorders Anna M. Palucka, Pushpal Desarkar, and Yona Lunsky Introduction Mood disorders in those with intellectual disabilities (ID) can be thought of as…

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Anxiety disorders

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 8 Anxiety disorders Jane McCarthy and Eddie Chaplin Introduction Anxiety disorders as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5;…

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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 6 Schizophrenia spectrum disorders Rory Sheehan, Lucy Fodor-Wynne, and Angela Hassiotis Introduction Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) comprise of a cluster of mental disorders in which…

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Dementias

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 5 Dementias Jennifer Torr Introduction Unprecedented numbers of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are now living into middle and old age, with a concurrent increase…

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PET Quantification in Neuropsychiatry

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Fig. 2.1 Time-activity curves of a PET tracer targeting PDE10A (Van Laere et al. 2013) for the putamen, caudate nucleus, and thalamus. (a) represents an average SUV image (averaged over…

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Psychiatric Disorders in Dementia

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A. Development of multiple cognitive deficits  A1. Memory problems (e.g., amnesia)  A2. At least one or more of the following:   Aphasia (language impairment)   Apraxia (loss of the ability to execute…

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