Treating Mental Illness and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adults with Mental Retardation.

Abstract

Preface. Part I: Introduction. Epidemiology, etiology, and presentation of mental illness and behavior disorders in persons with mental retardation. Part II: Treatment Methods. Psychotherapeutic methods. Psychopharmacological approach. Behavioral therapies: individualizing interventions through treatment formulation. Cognitive and social learning treatments. Working with families and caregivers of people with severe mental retardation. Part III: Psychotherapeutic Interventions. Psychoanalytic therapies. A rational-emotive group treatment approach with dually diagnosed adults. Pre-therapy: a treatment method for people with mental retardation who are also psychotic. Systemic therapy. Part IV: Treatment of Mental Illness. Treatment of schizophrenia. Treatment of mood disorders in mentally retarded persons. Treatment of anxiety disorders in persons with mental retardation. Treatment of epilepsy and associated disorders. Mood and affect as determinants of psychotropic drug therapy response in mentally retarded persons with organic mental syndromes. Part V: Treatment of Behavior Disorders. Pharmacotherapy in aggressive and auto-aggressive behavior. Strategic behavioral interventions in aggression. Self-injurious behaviors: multimodal contextual approach to treatment. Group therapy for mentally retarded sex offenders. Treatment and care of mentally retarded offenders. A pedagogical approach to behavioral problems. Part VI: Treatment Methods With Children. Psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy in mentally retarded children. Developmental-dynamic relationship therapy: an approach to more severely mentally retarded children. Pharmacotherapy in mentally retarded children. Management of pervasive developmental disorders. Part VII: Mental Health Services for the Mentally Retarded and Staff Training. Service provision and staff training: an overview. Psychiatric treatment in community care. A model for inpatient services for persons with mental retardation and mental illness. Part VIII: Integrative Treatment. Treatment: an integrative approach. Index.