Proceedings from the 22nd Annual Conference & Exhibit Show, From Genes to Policy: The Many Faces of Dual Diagnosis

Editor: Ann Poindexter, M.D.

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This book is a compilation of articles written by persons who presented at the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) 22nd Annual Conference & Exhibit Show, From Genes to Policy: The Many Faces of Dual Diagnosis ~ October 26-29, 2005, in St. Louis, MO.

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Table of contents

74 pages Printed 2005

Section I: Diagnosis and Assessment

What Exactly Is Bipolar Disorder Anyway? - Jarrett Barnhill

Stereotypic Movement Disorder - Jarrett Barnhill

Assessment of Personality and Social Competence in Persons with Dual Disabilities - Arno Willems

Section II: Program Models

Development and Implementation of a Community—Based Program - Joan Beasley Bruce Davis, Jeffery Fahs, June Phillips, Leslie Rubin, Karen Weigle

Discharge of Long-Stay Patients to the Community - Sarah Calleia

A Comprehensive Approach to Training Parents with Special Needs - Kristi Hickey-Vigilante, Juliet Hawkins

An Acute Psychiatric In-Patient Unit for Youth with Developmental Disabilities - Desmond Kaplan, Krista Keehn, Barbara Al/good-Hill, Jean-Marie Leak, Marianne Wudarsky, Nilda Gonzalez, Jean Knight, Debbie Straka, Rick Kunkel, Nancy McNally, Fahadjuboori, Vassilis F. Koliatsos

Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a State Mental Hospital: Progress Review for People with Borderline Personality Disorder and Mental Retardation - Sharon Robbins, Ronda Reitz, Stephanie Stepp

Section III: Counseling and Therapy

Teaching Emotional Recognition and Coping Skills to Individuals with Cognitive Impairment - Steven Altabet

Section IV: Residential Services

Brookstone Haven: Providing Residential Care for People with Dual Diagnoses in the Environment of Mental Health Reform - Jay Poole, Ken Burrow

Section V: Syndromes

Psychosis in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome - Phillipe Cohn, H Boer, A. Vogels, Leopold Curfs

The Velocardiofacial Syndrome: Its Appearance in Mental Retardation - Laurens Evers, Leopold Curfs

Advances in Understanding the Genetics of Developmental and Psychiatric Disability - Brenda Finucane, Elliott Simon

Section VI: Staff Training

Staff Training Can Be Fun and Effective - Ann Poindexter

Section VII: Family Issues

Finally... A Plan That Works... At Half the Price - Nancy Hatch Warner

Section VIII:

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