Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

This comprehensive reference synthesizes the current state of research on psychological, medical and motor disorders as they affect individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Chapters offer a deep understanding of how these disorders exist in this population, how they confound diagnosis and affect quality of life and what treatments are effective for these challenging patients. Because individuals with ID are living longer while exhibiting aging symptoms earlier, a chapter on dementia describes the complicated phenomena related to their aging. Together, these contributions confirm the importance of a growing field and point to future challenges.§§Among the comorbid conditions included in the book:§§Challenging behaviors.§ADHD, autism and other conditions present in early childhood.§Anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.§Balance and gait problems.§Cerebral palsy.§Medical conditions common to persons with ID: epilepsy, obesity, chronic pain. §Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals and graduate students in clinical child, school and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics and educational psychology.§§Challenging behaviors.§ADHD, autism and other conditions present in early childhood.§Anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.§Balance and gait problems.§Cerebral palsy.§Medical conditions common to persons with ID: epilepsy, obesity, chronic pain. §Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals and graduate students in clinical child, school and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics and educational psychology.§§