Description: This guide outlines a range of symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. It explains why mental health problems develop, and what can be done to help people with intellectual disabilities and carers themselves. There are chapters on specific disabilities such as autism and epilepsy.
Brief description: Anastasia Gratsa is a psychologist at the Estia Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London. She has extensive experience in research and psychotherapy and is a former manager of a residential care home/therapeutic community.
Review Quotes: `The guide will be of value to paid carers as well as family carers. It provides introductory information about mental health problems as they present in people with learning disabilities, and advises carers on their role. It covers a wide range of topics, from anxiety and advocacy to mental health legislation, in a straightforward way. I recommend this guide to intellectual disability mental health services and carers' centres as a useful resource which will help families and carers get more out of services and enhance their own understanding of supporting people with intellectual disabilities who also have mental health problems'.--The Mental Health Review