This book covers a curriculum of topics for treating patients with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness, better known as dual diagnosis (DD

Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as mental retardat

Learning objectives, instructive case stories, stimulating questions for reflection, and key Internet resources help make this a user-friendly textbook - one th

This book offers unique and flexible guidelines that can be used by practitioners to ease the process of breaking bad news to people with intellectual disabilit

The most complete book available on children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this core textbook is perfect for any course focused o