A Cognitive Behavioural Approach for Mental Health Workers
Making Sense of Depression: A guide for mental health staff who work directly with clients with depression will provide mental health workers in all public, private and voluntary sectors with information on the nature of depression based on a number of theories from Cognitive Therapy.
A Guide to Supporting Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developm
An Introduction to Active Support: A guide to supporting children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is a portable booklet that can either be used as a stand-alone resource, or as part of an induction pack.
A mental health guide for those supporting people with intellectual disabilities.This handbook is for healthcare professionals and support staff to help them when diagnosing, treating and caring for people with a learning disability.
Shows mental health providers how to expand their practice in order to treat older adults. Chapters describe tools and techniques for assessing and treating common conditions that practitioners encounter when working with older adults, including depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, and prescription drug misuse.
Identifying, Understanding and Supporting Diverse Autistic Identities
A professionals' guide to understanding and better identifying diverse autistic presentations, with chapters covering autistic diagnosis in BAME communities, misdiagnosis and the criminal justice system, the issue of misidentifying fabricated or induced illness, and the controversial and overlapping diagnoses of PDA, ODD, ASPD and BPD.
Advancing the Explanation of Its Nature, Cause, and Treatment
Presents contemporary theories and research regarding the behavioral processes that underlie major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and alcohol/drug disorders. This book offers a counterpoint to theories which are not based on studies of behavior.
Expand and enrich your Best Friends activity programming with 149 all-new activities for individuals with dementia. Like the first book, this collection of fun and easy activities will add both meaning and enjoyment to the activities at your adult day center, home care setting, or residential care facility.
People with Down Syndrome and Others with Intellectual Disabilities.(Version II) Informant interview test sheets:A comprehensive assessment
Diagnosis of prodromal Alzheimer's disease and AD dementia in people with Down's Syndrome is a major challenge. The comprehensive Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older People with DS and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS) has been validated for diagnosing prodromal AD and AD dementia.
A comprehensive assessment for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease
Diagnosis of prodromal Alzheimer's disease and AD dementia in people with Down's Syndrome is a major challenge. The comprehensive Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older People with DS and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS) has been validated for diagnosing prodromal AD and AD dementia.
