Families with a member with intellectual disability and their needs Ann Gath Jane McCarthy Introduction It is now more than 30 years since children with intellectual disability were among the…
Special needs of adolescents and elderly people with intellectual disability Jane Hubert Sheila Hollins Introduction Social health and mental health needs change throughout life, and this chapter highlights those particularly…
Methods of treatment T. P. Berney Introduction The presence of intellectual disability (mental retardation) affects the character of treatment in a number of ways. 1 Limited communication will hamper diagnosis…
Epilepsy and epilepsyrelated behaviour disorders among people with intellectual disability Matti Iivanainen Epilepsy is defined as at least one epileptic seizure; this in practice means two or more epileptic seizures…
Psychiatric and behaviour disorders among adult persons with intellectual disability Anton Došen Introduction The behavioural and emotional difficulties that are experienced by adults with intellectual disability (ID) have been regarded…
Psychiatric and behaviour disorders among children and adolescents with intellectual disability Bruce J. Tonge Introduction Psychopathology is 2-3 times more common in intellectually disabled (ID) children than in the general…
Children’s speech and language difficulties Judy Clegg Introduction Speech and language difficulties have a significant impact on the lives of children and their families. This chapter will give an overview…
Syndromes causing intellectual disability David M. Clarke Shoumitro Deb Introduction Psychiatrists working with people who have intellectual disability (mental retardation) need expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of associated neuropsychiatric…
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…
