Intellectual Disability and Ill Health

A Review of the Evidence

Jean O'Hara, Jane McCarthy (King's College London), Nick Bouras (King's College London)

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English

Cambridge University Press
21 January 2010

Medicine; Personal & public health; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Clinical & internal medicine; Psychiatry; Clinical psychology

People with intellectual disability often have health needs that go unrecognised and untreated; this may be because of difficulties in communication, diagnostic overshadowing, discrimination or indifference. There is concern that public health measures aimed at reducing the main health killers in the population will not address these issues for people with intellectual disability and may preferentially widen the inequality that already exists. This book is a comprehensive and systematic review of physical and mental health co-morbidities in people with intellectual disability. Such an evidence base is vital in shaping public health policy, healthcare commissioning and the development of more effective healthcare systems, as well as supporting better understanding and practice at an individual clinical level. This is essential reading for policy makers and commissioners of services, as well as individual practitioners across mainstream and specialist health and social care, in considering not only service developments but practice at the coalface.

By: Jean O'Hara, Jane McCarthy (King's College London), Nick Bouras (King's College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780521728898
ISBN 10: 0521728894
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 21 January 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Jane McCarthy, Jean O'Hara and Nick Bouras; Part I. Healthcare and Aetiology: 1. Healthcare and intellectual disability Jean O'Hara; 2. Congenital causes Jessica A. Hellings, Merlin G. Butler and John A. Grant; 3. Disorders of environmental origin Alaa Al-Sheikh; Part II. Systems Disorders: 4. Infectious diseases Neil A. Douglas; 5. Immune system diseases Jenny Torr and Lynette Lee; 6. Cardiovascular diseases Joav Merrick and Mohammed Morad; 7. Respiratory diseases Muhunthan Thillai; 8. Digestive system diseases Robert W. Davis; 9. Urological and male genital diseases Stefano Lassi; 10. Obstetric and gynaecological disorders Maeve Eogan and Mary Wingfield; 11. Metabolic and endocrine diseases Joav Merrick and Mohammed Morad; 12. Neoplasms Simon Bonell; 13. Otorhinolaryngological disorders Vishwa Radhakrishnan; 14. Eye diseases and visual impairment J. Margaret Woodhouse; 15. Dentition and oral health diseases Stefano Fedele and Crispian Scully; Part III. Disorders of the Nervous System and Neurodevelopment: 16. Mental illness Stephen Ruedrich; 17. Neurodevelopmental disorders Seth A. Mensah and William I. Fraser; 18. Diseases of the nervous system I: epilepsy, hydrocephaly and nervous system malformations Basil Cardoza and Mike Kerr; 19. Diseases of the nervous system II: neurodegenerative diseases including the dementias Muthukumar Kannabiran and Shoumitro Deb; 20. Diseases of the nervous system III: cerebral palsy, movement disorders and pain perception Henry Kwok and W. H. Cheung.

Jean O'Hara FRCPsych is Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Research Associate, Estia Centre, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. Jane McCarthy MD, MRCGP, FRCPsych is Consultant Psychiatrist and Visiting Research Associate, Estia Centre, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. Nick Bouras MD, PhD, FRCPsych is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Director of Maudsley International, London, UK.

Reviews for Intellectual Disability and Ill Health: A Review of the Evidence

'There are many useful chapters with much valuable information contained within. I would recommend this book to those who work in the field of ID as a must have.' Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 'This book ... adds the further dimension of an international perspective and detailed reviews of the evidence around major diseases and organ systems. ... easy to go from the text to the source if you wish. ... a readable book despite the complex nature of the topics covered ... a timely publication for the UK ... should have a place on the shelves of the new Public Health Bodies and General Practitioner Consortia.' Tizard Learning Disability Review