Louise Hammond, Geoff Marston, Sherryl Gaskell

Caring for the Physical and Mental Health of People with Learning Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a practical guide for those caring for people with learning disabilities living in community settings. It will help carers understand and meet service users' health needs, and recognise problems. Topics include physical health issues; mental health issues such as dementia, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051316
• ISBN-10: 1849051313
• Artikelnr.: 29946079

Autorenporträt

David Perry, Louise Hammond, Geoff Marston and Sherryl Gaskell are all based at the Caludon Centre at the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, UK. David Perry is Consultant Psychiatrist, specialising in learning disabilities; Louise Hammond is Lead Health Facilitator; Geoff Marston is Consultant Psychiatrist, specialising in learning disabilities; and Sherryl Gaskell is Strategic Health Facilitator. James Eva is an independent medicolegal psychiatrist and Mental Health Review Tribunal medical member, living in Cornwall.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Dr Elin Davis, Consultant Psychiatrist, Cornwall, UK. Section 1.
The needs of people with learning disability. 1. About this book. 2. An
introduction to learning disabilities. 3. Learning disabilities and
physical health. 4. Learning disabilities and mental health. 5. Physical
and mental health needs of people with Down's Syndrome. 6. Learning
disability, health and the law. Section 2. Associated conditions and
issues. 7. Epilepsy. 8. Sleep problems. 9. Swallowing problems. 10. Autism.
Section 3. Accessing services. 11. Screening programmes. 12. Health checks.
13. When admission to psychiatric care is required. Appendix. Genetic
causes of learning disability. Glossary. References.