Care of the Adult With Intellectual Disability in Primary Care

For general practitioners, nurses, medical students, therapists, and families and friends, Lindsay, a general practitioner in the UK, assembles 35 chapters that address the medical care of adults with intellectual disabilities in primary care in the UK and the various aspects of this care. A group of UK clinicians cover definitions, epidemiology, health issues, common presentations, communication, and assessment; aspects of routine care like annual health checks, medication, challenging behavior, management of psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, nutritional disorders, sexuality, and men's and women's health; and associated disorders like Down syndrome, Rett syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, and neurofibromatosis type 1. This edition has been revised to include sections adapted for the specific needs of UK practitioners, as well as rewritten chapters on legal aspects, autism spectrum conditions, and social care. The text is an adaptation of the Australian volume Management Guidelines: Developmental Disability, Version 2 (2005). Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)