Genetic Influences and People with Intellectual Disabilities
Published on 11. August 2011
53 pages
978-1-78052-407-8 (ISBN)
Description
This e-book focuses on the topic of genetic influences as they relate to the challenges experienced by people who have intellectual/learning disabilities, and how these may be best addressed and helped. Two main themes are presented relating to genetics as it applies to people who have intellectual disability and associated mental health challenges, namely the ever-growing field of behavioural phenotype research and clinical practice, and the frequently experienced developmental neuropsychiatric disability known to have strong genetic underpinnings, namely attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Content
- Cover
- Table of contents
- Guest editorial
- Recent advances in behavioural phenotypes as they affect adults
- Further refinement of the nature of the communication impairment in Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- Having Fragile X syndrome - a personal account
- Fragile X syndrome: a parental account
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a lifespan genetic perspective
- A pilot service for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a descriptive study
