Aetiology of intellectual disability: general issues and prevention Markus Kaski Causation The complexity of causes Intellectual disability can follow any of the biological, environmental, and psychological events that are capable…
Prevalence of intellectual disabilities and epidemiology of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities Sally-Ann Cooper Elita Smiley Prevalence of intellectual disabilities If intelligence quotient (IQ) was normally distributed in…
Classification, diagnosis, psychiatric assessment, and needs assessment A. J. Holland Introduction The general principles developed during the latter part of the twentieth century and continued into the twenty-first century guiding…
The child psychiatrist as consultant to schools and colleges Simon G. Gowers Sian Thomas Introduction Those who provide public services for children and young people may have a role in…
The management of child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies Gillian C. Forrest ‘Child’ is used throughout this chapter to refer to anyone aged under 18, to avoid the repetition of ‘child…
Organization of services for children and adolescents with mental health problems Miranda Wolpert Introduction This chapter aims to guide the thinking of practitioners who might be involved in developing services…
Residential care for social reasons Leslie Hicks Ian Sinclair Introduction Residential care for the young is an elusive object of study. Provided in the past by establishments as diverse as…
Medication for children and adolescents: current issues Paramala J. Santosh Introduction Problems of mental health and behaviour in children are multidisciplinary in nature and optimal treatment is often multimodal. This…
Caregiver-mediated interventions for children and families Philip A. Fisher Elizabeth A. Stormshak This chapter summarizes interventions that have been developed to address child and adolescent behaviour problems and externalizing disorders…
Cognitive behaviour therapies for children and families Philip Graham Introduction Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is derived from both behavioural and cognitive theories. Using concepts such as operant conditioning and reinforcement,…
