A guide for professionals, support staff and families
A unique training and self-study resource introducing the vital topic of mental health and mental well-being to a wide range of staff supporting adults with intellectual disabilities.
Diagnosis of learning disabilities or autism can happen at any point in an individual's life. While this should mean freedom to move forward with information to access all that's needed to live a fulfilling and rewarding life, the huge obstacles that exist in reality can make a diagnosis a cause for dismay.
Understanding Early Trauma, Mind Programming and Installed Dissociative Identity Disorder
Joining expert knowledge about trauma, dissociation & ritual abuse from both lived experience & the perspective of a therapist, this book is designed to help people living with a dissociative disorder as well as carers supporting them & helping to aid their recovery.
A Comprehensive Assessment for Dementia in People with Down Syndrome andOthers with Intellectual Disabilities (2nd edition)
Diagnosis of prodromal Alzheimer's disease and AD dementia in people with Down's Syndrome is a major challenge. The comprehensive Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older People with DS and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS) has been validated for diagnosing prodromal AD and AD dementia.
A Comprehensive Assessment for Dementia in People with Down Syndrome andOthers with Intellectual Disabilities (2nd edition)
Diagnosis of prodromal Alzheimer's disease and AD dementia in people with Down's Syndrome is a major challenge. The comprehensive Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older People with DS and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS) has been validated for diagnosing prodromal AD and AD dementia.
Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is. To help prepare you, the authors have produced a clear introduction to child and adolescent mental health that takes you step-by-step on a journey through the subject. Beginning with the foundations, the book explores the common mental health concepts and influences that you can expect to encounter examining topics like the difference between emotional and mental health issues and how mental health problems develop. It then moves on to explore the vital skills that you will need to develop like effective communication and basic counselling skills, and introduces some of the common interventions like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic theory and Family work. Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate and experienced experts, the book strikes an effective balance between introducing the relevant theory and showing how this can be applied in the real world. It is an essential starting point to the subject of child and adolescent mental health and suitable for any students planning to support this group.
An Attachment-Based Approach to Caring for People with Lived Experience of Trauma
There is increased interest in trauma informed care in the UK and worldwide, however so far there are limited resources for professionals providing training to help health and social care staff (who may have had very little training in attachment theory) to provide care which is trauma informed at an emotional as well as practical ......
Collected in a single volume for the first time, the writings in this novel anthology represent more than four decades of perspectives from the American Psychiatric Associations Solomon Carter Fuller Award lectures, named for the first Black psychiatrist in the United States.
How Caring Relationships Can Support Individuals with Enduring Distress
Some individuals with intellectual disabilities experience pervasive patterns of feeling and thinking that affect the way in which they relate to others and understand themselves - sometimes so overwhelmingly that they find it difficult to navigate the daily challenges of life.
