Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 10 Issue 1
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formerly Advances in Mental Health and Learning DisabilitiesTable of contents - Special Issue: EAMHID International Congress 2015 – Part II
Guest Editors: Dr Marco O. Bertelli
The 10th EAMHID International Congress: integrating different approaches in the neurodevelopmental perspective – the mental health care evolution timeline
Marco O. Bertelli– The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of main outcomes of the 10th EAMHID International Congress and a critical overview of some key contributions.
Update on psychopharmacology for autism spectrum disorders
Marco O. Bertelli, Michele Rossi, Roberto Keller, Stefano LassiThe management of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) requires a multimodal approach of behavioural, educational and pharmacological treatments. At present, there…
Drug therapy in ADHD in people with intellectual disabilities
Kenneth Courtenay, Samuel ElstnerAttention disorders in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is common. Current drug treatments are based on the literature in people without ID. The purpose of this paper is…
“Intellectual developmental disorders”: reflections on the international consensus document for redefining “mental retardation-intellectual disability” in ICD-11
Marco O. Bertelli, Kerim Munir, James Harris, Luis Salvador-CarullaThe debate as to whether intellectual disability (ID) should be conceptualized as a health condition or as a disability has intensified as the revision of World Health…
How acceptance and commitment therapy changed the perspective on support provision for staff working with intellectual disability
Mauro Leoni, Serafino Corti, Roberto Cavagnola, Olive Healy, Stephen J. NooneThe purpose of this paper is to present a review on evidence-based intervention concerning the reduction of stress/burnout and the improvement of wellbeing for professionals…
The Frankish model of disability psychotherapy in practice: an integrative model
Erica Elaine McInnisThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the theory and practice of disability psychotherapy (DP) using the integrative Frankish model (2013a). This draws on the model’s use with…
Adaptive behaviour, comorbid psychiatric symptoms, and attachment disorders
Hans P. Giltaij, Paula S. Sterkenburg, Carlo SchuengelThe purpose of this paper is to describe the mental and intellectual developmental status of children with combined intellectual disabilities, reactive attachment disorder (RAD)…
Relationship between psychiatric disorders and adaptive functioning in adults with intellectual disabilities
Marco O. Bertelli, Michele Rossi, Niccolò Varrucciu, Annamaria Bianco, Daniela Scuticchio, Chiara Del Furia, Serafino Buono, Margherita TanzarellaThough the very high prevalence of psychiatric disorders (PD) in people with intellectual disability (PwID), the impact of these disorders on adaptive functioning has been…
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