Textbook of Psychiatry for Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

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This textbook provides a state of the art of the knowledge on the prevalence, risk and etiological factors, clinical features, assessment procedures and tools, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prognosis of the psychiatric disorders encountered in people with intellectual disability (ID) and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ID and ASD represent two meta-syndromic groups of several different conditions, each with particular cognitive and communication features. People with ID/ASD display an increased prevalence of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety and stress-related disorders, somatoform disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well behavioral syndromes, personality disorders, and disorders due to psychoactive substance use. This book will enable readers to understand the specificities of psychiatric disorders in the context of ID/ASD. It explains clearly how diagnostic criteria and assessment procedures for psychiatric disorders that were created for the general population have to be modified for use with ID/ASD. Above all, it will enable clinicians to overcome difficulties in diagnosis and to deliver more effective care that meets the particular needs of patients with ID/ASD. 

Represents a comprehensive treatise for trainees and professionals

Includes detailed consideration of etiopathogenetic factors, clinical features, assessment procedures, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prognosis

Provides a wide overview that will be also interesting for a variety of professionals

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Marco O. Bertelli

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“As a clinician and academic I find this textbook remarkable for three reasons. First, is the notable breadth of topic areas covered, which range from fundamental aspects such as assessment, diagnosis and management of core mental health issues, through to less commonly discussed areas of great clinical import such as feeding disorders, sexual dysfunction and organic disorders. Second is the freshness of material, included in contemporary thinking especially in chapters that address educational issue in the field and intersectional issues such as cultural and spiritual issues, and telehealth and its application to the COVID-19 pandemic. Third is the remarkable depth of material, reflective of maturity and sophistication in authorship.” (Julian Trollor, Chair, Intellectual Disability Mental Health & Head, Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, Professor and NHMRC Leadership Fellow, UNSW Sydney, Australia)

“This book is indeed a valuable to the current literature on Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder and provides strong links between the different aspects of mental health in this field and an interdisciplinary approach. Mental health needs of people with neurodevelopmental disorders and this textbook have been included in the priorities of the 2020–2023 WPA action plan.” (Professor Afzal Javed, President World Psychiatric Association)

“This Textbook becomes now the most comprehensive tool available to increase awareness, generate or consolidate knowledge, and describe new modalities of treatment and management models in this area. I think it should be widely disseminated and perused worldwide.” (Prof Mario Maj, former President of the WPA, Editor-in-Chief Journal "World Psychiatry")

“Bertelli et al. composed a wonderful textbook on a broad spectrum of mental and behavioural disorders in people with intellectual disabilities and a wide range of issues related to these disorders.” (Dr. Gerda deKuijper, Intellectual Disability Physician / researcher Centre for Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health /GGZ Drenthe, Assen, the Netherlands, Academic Collaboration for Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health, University Medical Centre Groningen / department Family Practice / department Psychiatry, Groningen, the Netherlands)

“The Editors are to be congratulated for the consistent way each chapter has been presented, with clear learning objectives highlighted at each introduction, with additional highlighted summary notes throughout the chapters. This will be appreciated especially by students, but other readers as well.” (Prof. Trevor R. Parmenter Emeritus Professor, Medicine, Northern Clinical School, Centre for Disability Studies (CDS), Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia)

“In more than a thousand pages, worldwide key opinion leaders in the field depict the various themes, starting from the ‘Prevalence and Aetiopathogenesis of Intellectual Developmental Disorders’ up to ‘Teleassistance and Telerehabilitation: COVID-19, Other Epidemic Situations and Future Prospects’. The accomplished result will attract students, support clinicians to overcome the diagnostic challenges and endorse families and stakeholders worldwide.” (Tanja Sappok, past President of the European Association of Mental Health in Intellectual Disability, Department for Mental Health in Developmental Disabilities, Ev. Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberg, Berlin, Germany)

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