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Intellectual disability : some current issues /
Intellectual disability is characterized by deficits in cognitive and adaptive abilities that initially manifest before 18 years of age. The prevalence of intellectual disability is estimated to be between 1 and 3 out of every 100 individuals in the general population. Most individuals have mild int...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Disability studies (Nova Science Publishers)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: SOME CURRENT ISSUES; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: SOME CURRENT ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURES; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: CURRENT ISSUES; Chapter 2: DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: ABUSE AND NEGLECT; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS; THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ABUSE; ABUSE AS A CAUSE OF DISABILITY; EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AS A PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
- ASSESSING FOR ABUSEDEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT; REPORTING MALTREATMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: DISABILITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH; INTRODUCTION; ACCESS TO CARE; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; SEXUALITY IS A NORMAL HUMAN DESIRE; PUBERTY; SOCIETAL FACTORS AS BARRIERS FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; BARRIERS TO GYNECOLOGICAL CARE; THE OFFICE VISIT; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE; MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS; CONTRACEPTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PREGNANCY; MENOPAUSE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: DEMENTIA; INTRODUCTION; DEMENTIA AND AGING.
- RECOGNITION OF THE ISSUEDIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; PET AND SPECT STUDIES; EEG; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA; CAUSES OF DEMENTIA; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CAUSES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; THEORIES THAT EXPLAIN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP; THE NATURAL EVOLUTION; OTHER DEMENTIAS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES; REVERSIBLE OR TREATABLE DEMENTIAS (PSEUDODEMENTIA); MANAGEMENT OF DEMENTIA; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: DERMATOLOGY ISSUES; INTRODUCTION.
- DERMATOLOGIC DESCRIPTORS ASSOCIATED IN PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITYCHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES; MONOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES; X-LINKED DOMINANT; X-LINKED RECESSIVE; COMBINED INHERITANCE; UNKNOWN INHERITANCE; COMMON DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL; INFESTATIONS; DERMATITIS; TRAUMA; MEDICATION-RELATED DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMON CONDITIONS; SOME IILLUSTRATIVE CASES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: FOOT CARE AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTRODUCTION; GAIT; BASIC SHOE STRUCTURES AND FOOT TYPES; FOOTWEAR AND FALLS.
- DIABETES AND FOOT CAREBECOMING AN AMPUTEE; PODIATRY, DISABILITY AND THE LAW; SPECIAL PODIATRY CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHILDREN; JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; TURNER SYNDROME; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DOWN SYNDROME; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND PODIATRY IN PRACTICE; NAIL SURGERY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND EPILEPSY; INTRODUCTION; EPILEPSY AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; IMAGING STUDIES; OTHER EVALUATIONS; MANAGEMENT; ANTISEIZURE MEDICATIONS; SURGICAL CARE; VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION (VNS). NEUROSTIMULATION; KETOGENIC DIET; IVIG.