Title:
Intellectual disability : understanding its development, causes, classification, evaluation, and treatment
Author:
Harris, James C.
ISBN:
9780195178852
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
x, 429p. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Developmental perspectives in psychiatry
Series Title:
Developmental perspectives in psychiatry
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Origins, changing concepts, and legal safeguards -- The classification of intellectual disability -- Epidemiology: who is affected? -- Etiology and assessment -- Understanding and evaluating emotional and behavioral impairment -- Genetics, behavior, and behavioral phenotypes -- A lifespan developmental approach -- Family, behavioral, interpersonal, psychoeducational, pharmacologic and community interventions -- Ethics and spirituality.
Abstract:
"Intellectual Disability provides a developmental approach for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of persons with intellectual disability throughout the life span. Moving away from the older concept of mental retardation, which implies a static condition, this book focuses on intellectual disability as a dynamic and changing condition where early diagnosis and intervention matter and make a difference in long-term outcome. It highlights the importance of fluid intelligence and adaptive problem solving to facilitate cognitive development and self-determination throughout the developmental period."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0637/2004024148-d.htmlTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024148.html