Mood Disorders in People With Mental Retardation

Edited by: Peter Sturmey, Ph.D.

Description:

Mood disorders are some of the most common mental health problems. People with mental retardation, like everyone else, may experience mood disorders. If unrecognized, untreated, or treated ineffectively these disorders result in additional preventable disability and handicap. This book provides a current summary of the research literature, including diagnosis, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment.

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Table of contents

315 pages, printed 2005. ISBN 1-57256-019-3

Foreword

Dedication

Part I: Definitions, diagnosis, and risk factors

Chapter 1 - Diagnostic criteria for mood disorders and applications to people with mental retardation / William F. McDaniel and Alicia M. Gregory

Chapter 2 - Use of behavioral equivalents for symptoms of mood disorders / Lauren Chariot

Chapter 3 - Epidemiology of mood disorders in people with mental retardation / Johannes Rojahn and Anna J. Esbensen

Chapter 4 - Causes of mood disorders in people with mental retardation / Anna J. Esbensen and Johannes Rojahn

Chapter 5 - Risk factors for mood disorders in people with intellectual disability / John Crilly, Nancy N. Cain, and Philip W. Davidson

Chapter 6 - Gender issues, mental retardation, and depression / Yona Lunsky and Maaike Canrinus

Chapter 7 - Depression, dementia, and Down syndrome / Paul J. Patti

Part II: Assessment

Chapter 8 - Clinical interviews / Shoumitro Deb and Anupama Iyer

Chapter 9 - Psychometric assessment of mood disorders in people with intellectual disabilities / W. Mick L. Finlay

Part III: Treatment issues

Chapter 10 - Psychotropic medications for mood disorders in people with mental retardation / Kimberly A. Stigler, David J. Posey, and Chrispher J. McDougle

Chapter 11 - Other biological treatments / Peter Sturmey and Mohammad Ghaziuddin

Chapter 12 - Cognitive-behavioral approaches to depression in people with learning disabilities / William R. Lindsay, Biza Stenfert Kroese, and Philippa Drew

Chapter 13 - Psychodynamic counseling and psychotherapy for mood disorders / Nigel Beail and David Newman

Chapter 14 - Behavioral formulation and treatment of depression in people with mental retardation: Formulation and interventions / Peter Sturmey

 

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