| Description |
xiii, 287 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Julius B. Richmond -- Professional roles and unmet manpower needs / Bruce Cushma, Ludvik S. Szymanski, Peter E. Tanguay -- Training of mental health professionals in mental retardation / Peter E. Tanguay and Ludvik S. Szymanski -- The psychological definition of mental retardation : a historical overview / Bruce Cushma -- A field theory approach to understanding developmental disabilities / Peter E. Tanguay -- The biomedical components of mental retardation / Allen C. Crocker -- Psychiatric diagnosis of retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski -- Cognitive development : neuropsychological basis and clinical assessment Early infantile autism and mental retardation : differential diagnosis / Peter E. Tanguay -- Assessment of sexuality and sexual vulnerability of retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski and Paul E. Jamsen -- Individual psychotherapy with retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski -- Family adaptation to the diagnosis of mental retardation in a child and strategies of intervention / Mary B. Hagamen -- Group psychotherapy with retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski and Quinn B. Rosefsky -- Psychopharmacology and the mentally retarded patient / Timothy M. Rivinus -- Basic principles of behavior therapy with retarded persons / Paul E. Jamsen -- Mental health consultations to educational programs for retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski and David R. Leaverton -- Mental health consultations to residential facilities for retarded persons / Ludvik S. Szymanski, Bruce A. Eissner, Quinn B. Rosefsky |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Intellectual disability -- Complications.
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People with mental disabilities -- Mental health.
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Intellectual Disability -- complications.
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Mental Disorders -- complications.
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Mental illness -- Complications
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| Author |
Szymanski, Ludwik S., 1932-
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Tanguay, Peter E.
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| LC no. |
80010714 |
| ISBN |
0839115148 |
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