Mental Retardation and Mental Health: Classification, Diagnosis, Treatment, Services

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Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Prevalence and Implications of Maladaptive Behaviors and Dual Diagnosis in Residential and Other Service Programs....Pages 3-29
Maladaptive Behavior Among the Mentally Retarded: The Need for Reliable Data....Pages 30-40
The Association Between Mental Retardation and Psychiatric Disorder: Epidemiological Issues....Pages 41-49
The Need for a National Epidemiological Study....Pages 50-54
Data Collection at the National Institute of Mental Health....Pages 55-66
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The New Morbidity: Implications for Prevention....Pages 71-80
Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and the Double Disabilities....Pages 81-89
Attentional and Neurochemical Components of Mental Retardation: New Methods for an Old Problem....Pages 90-97
Prevention and Early Treatment of Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth with Retardation and Autism....Pages 98-105
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Mental Illness in the Mentally Retarded: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues....Pages 109-123
Integrative Approach to Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in Retarded Persons....Pages 124-139
Comprehensive Management of the Mentally Retarded/Mentally Ill Individual....Pages 140-145
Psychiatric Examination of Mentally Retarded Persons: General Problems and Challenges....Pages 146-152
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Behavior Therapies: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 161-172
Mental Health of Persons with Mental Retardation: A Solution, Obstacles to the Solution, and a Resolution for the Problem....Pages 173-188
Orthomolecular Principles in Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation and Mental Illness....Pages 189-196
Balanced Treatment and Assessment Approaches....Pages 197-202
Issues Related to Applied Behavioral Analysis....Pages 203-212
Ethical Issues in Interventions for Persons with Retardation, Autism and Related Developmental Disorders....Pages 213-217
Ethical Issues of Aversive Techniques: A Response to Thompson, Gardner, and Baumeister....Pages 218-228
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Behavioral Psychopharmacology: A New Psychiatric Subspecialty....Pages 229-242
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A University-Based Demonstration Program on Outpatient Mental Health Services for Mentally Retarded People....Pages 249-253
A County Systems Model: Comprehensive Services for the Dually Diagnosed....Pages 254-264
Intensive Home-Based Treatment Interventions with Mentally Retarded/Emotionally Disturbed Individuals and Their Families....Pages 265-280
RIP: A Parent-Implemented Treatment Model for Families with Behaviorally Disordered and/or Developmentally Delayed Young Children....Pages 281-293
The Education and Treatment of Behavior-Disordered Mentally Retarded Children....Pages 294-299
Transitional Services in the Habilitation of Mentally Retarded Individuals with Mental Health Needs....Pages 300-312
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The Role of Legislation....Pages 317-325
Residential Placement of “Dual Diagnosis” Clients: Emerging Legal Issues....Pages 326-337
Clients in Limbo: Asserting the Rights of Persons with Dual Disabilities....Pages 338-353
The Dually Diagnosed Client in the Criminal Justice System....Pages 354-360
Future Litigation Strategies....Pages 361-367
Fifteen Questions: Ethical Inquiries in Mental Retardation....Pages 368-377
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Service Delivery Trends: A State-Federal Policy Perspective....Pages 385-393
System Issues in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Persons with Mental Retardation....Pages 394-398
Abandoning Facility-Based Programs: Evolving Toward a Service-Based Model (The Rock Creek Foundation)....Pages 399-401
The Lancaster County Mentally Retarded Offenders Program....Pages 402-408
Past, Present, and Future Roles for Institutional Settings in the Care of Mentally Retarded/Mentally Ill Persons....Pages 409-415
The North Carolina Willie M. Program: One Model for Services to Multiply Handicapped Children....Pages 416-429
Developing a System of Services for the Dually Diagnosed Adult Population in North Carolina: After Willie M.....Pages 430-434
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Families and the Developmental Needs of Dually Diagnosed Children....Pages 435-444
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