Reprint

Recent Advances in Psychopathology in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: From Bench to Bedside

Edited by
April 2023
178 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-7414-1 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-7415-8 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Recent Advances in Psychopathology in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: From Bench to Bedside that was published in

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Summary

Psychopathology, including functional psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders, and also dementia and challenging behaviour, is common in people with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and is the cause for a major public health concern. Much research has been conducted in the last three decades to understand this issue and develop effective interventions. Still, a lot remains unknown, for which high-quality translational research is urgently needed. In this Special Issue, we drew together research on recent advances addressing these issues. The areas covered included life expectancy among people with and without intellectual disabilities, the social and emotional development of people with intellectual disabilities and ASD, the influence of external environmental factors in determining aggressive behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities, parent and child training for children with autism and intellectual disabilities, how the presence of deafness influences quality of life, the views of prescribers on the deprescribing of antipsychotics among adults with intellectual disabilities, the views of people with intellectual disabilities who took part in the deprescribing, the views of direct-care workers on the causes of challenging behaviours in people with intellectual disabilities, and the validation of tools to detect cognitive decline in adults with intellectual disabilities.

Format
  • Hardback
License
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Keywords
intellectual disability; life expectancy; health needs; epilepsy; incontinence; visual; hearing; mobility; cerebral palsy; PEG feeding; intellectual disability; deaf; adaptive behavior; intellectual functioning; domain discrepancy; maladaptive behavior; quality of life; people with intellectual disabilities; the causes of behaviours that challenge; alternatives to medication for behaviours that challenge; social care services; support staff; service/home managers; trainers; screening; memory; mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer’s disease; dementia intellectual disability; developmental neuroscience; emotional functioning; intellectual disability; intervention mental health; limbic system; social brain network; mechanism of change; developmental disability; evidence-based parenting; Triple P; intellectual disabilities; antipsychotics; challenging behaviour; discontinuation; experts by experience views; qualitative study; interviews; emotional development; intellectual disability; visual impairment; hearing impairment; physical disability; sensory impairments; intellectual disabilities; antipsychotics; challenging behaviour; discontinuation; prescribers’ policies; survey; physical environment; conduct disorders; intellectual disabilities; aggression; review; global deterioration scale; rating scale; cognitive decline; cognitive testing; Alzheimer’s disease; dementia; down syndrome; intellectual disability