Supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities & mental illness : what caregivers need to know / Sherri Melrose, Debra Dusome, John Simpson, Cheryl Crocker, Elizabeth Athens.
Publication Info.
Vancouver BC : BCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project, 2015-
Support work: the fundamentals -- What's in a name? -- An overview of mental illness -- Common physical concerns -- When the problem is pain -- Behaviour that hurts -- Sexuality.
Summary
"This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing 'Key Points for Caregivers.' For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in 'what to do, ' we provided text box summaries for reading and listening."--Open Textbook Library.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Online version, 2015; title from PDF (viewed on August 2, 2017).
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Unrestricted online access star
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Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Open Textbook Library