Treating Mental Illness and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adults With Mental Retardation

This volume covers all available therapeutic methods, including psychopharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, behavior therapies, cognitive therapy, and the systems approach for all the main diagnostic disorders in people with mental retardation. Beginning with a brief account of epidemiology and clinical presentation (including research trends), this wide-ranging work goes on to discuss therapeutic methods, psychotherapeutic interventions, how to apply these methods to the treatment of specific mental illnesses, how to treat behavior disorders, treatment methods for children, mental health services provision and staff training, and integrative treatment.Dosen, Anton is the author of 'Treating Mental Illness and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adults With Mental Retardation' with ISBN 9780880488501 and ISBN 0880488506.