Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities - Nursing Complex Needs

Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: Nursing Complex Needs

Jillian Pawlyn (Editor), Steven Carnaby (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5170-2

Paperback

376 pages

December 2008, Wiley-Blackwell

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Edited by Glenys Jones, University of Birmingham and Elizabeth Attfield, autism.west midlands

This is the first journal dedicated solely to promoting good practice with children and adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome.

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The impact on siblings of having a brother or sister on the autistic spectrum
Knowledge and understanding of the autistic spectrum amongst prison staff
Asperger syndrome and anxiety: What does research tell us about the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy?
Designing learning spaces for children on the autism spectrum
Sex and relationship education with young people on the autistic spectrum

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PAS-ADD Reading List

References on mental health and intellectual disability

Lee, P., Moss, S.C., Friedlander, R.,  Donnelly, T., & Honer W.  (2003) Early onset schizophrenia in children with mental retardation:  Diagnostic reliability and stability of clinical features.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in press

Moss, S.C. (2001)  Mental health and mental illness.  In L. Glidden (Ed.) International Review of Research in Mental Retardation. New York: Academic Press

Moss, S.C. & Lee, P.F.F. (2001) Mental Health in J. Thompson & S. Pickering (Eds.)  Health Needs of people with learning disability. London: Harcourt Brace.