Full Description
Intellectual disability is a lifelong condition involving deficits in both intellectual and adaptive functioning. Individuals with intellectual disability experience a greater burden of co-occurring physical and mental illness compared to the general population, and often need a significant degree of support from healthcare professionals and carers, as well as family and friends. Additionally, their lives can be greatly influenced both positively and negatively by the cultures in which they exist, including societal attitudes, belief systems and norms.
An insightful addition to the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability across Cultures explores the health, support structures, and societal attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities throughout the world.
Written by international experts of intellectual disability and mental health, this comprehensive textbook covers broad topics such as anthropology, mental health, physical health, research, and sexuality. It also comprises chapters dedicated to specific geographic regions, such as Africa, America, Australasia, Europe, India, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Contents
Section 1 - Introduction and epidemiology 1: Concepts and prevalence of intellectual disability across cultures 2: Physical health of people with intellectual disability across cultures 3: Neurodevelopmental disorders in people with intellectual disability 4: Mental health in intellectual disability across cultures 5: Research in intellectual disability across cultures Section 2 - General issues 6: Anthropology and intellectual disability across cultures 7: Perception of intellectual disability across cultures 8: Safeguarding the rights of people with intellectual disability across cultures 9: Sexuality, marriage and parenthood across cultures 10: Models of healthcare provision Section 3 - Management in a cultural context 11: Culture and therapies 12: Family networks and voluntary sector participation in the care of people with intellectual disabilities 13: Intellectual disability, spirituality, religion and social inclusion across cultures 14: People with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system Section 4 - Service models in different countries 15: North America (Canada and USA) 16: South America 17: UK and Ireland 18: Europe (Eastern and Western) 19: Africa 20: Middle East 21: Indian Subcontinent 22: Australia & New Zealand
