Learning Disabilities and Mental Health: A Nursing Perspective

✍ Scribed by Raghu Raghavan, Pradip R. Patel

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learning disabilities and mental health: a nursing perspective provides an evidence-based perspective on care of individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems. Around 30% to 40% of people with learning disabilities will experience mental health disorders during their lives. Many learning disability nurses and a significant number of mental health nurses are in daily contact with this group, and their complex needs are not often well understood. Examines current theory and practice in supporting people with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs Evaluates the learning disability nursing contribution to care Identifies the key knowledge and skills required by learning disability and mental health nurses and other health care professionals Addresses key issues in contemporary practice* Explores assessment of needs in order to provide needs-led services

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 15
2 Learning disability and mental health......Page 21
3 Nature, prevalence and manifestation of dual diagnosis......Page 34
4 Assessment and diagnosis......Page 60
5 Needs assessment......Page 102
6 Learning disability nursing......Page 130
7 Psychopharmacological approaches and ECT......Page 142
8 Psychosocial interventions......Page 166
9 Professional and legal issues......Page 191
10 Service perspectives......Page 214
Appendix 1 Assessment tools......Page 235
Appendix 2 Genetic syndromes related to mental health......Page 242
Index......Page 247