Kenneth S. Robson

Handbook of mental illness in the mentally retarded

I Nature of the Dual Diagnosis.- 1. The Nature and Incidence of Mental Illness in Mentally Retarded Individuals.- 2. Dual Diagnosis of Mental Retardation and Mental Illness: An Overview.- 3. Need Assessment and Service Planning for Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill Persons.- II Treatment and Management Interventions.- 4. Use of Behavior Therapy with the Mentally Retarded in Community Settings.- 5. Modified Individual and Group Treatment Approaches for the Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill.- 6. Specific Psychopharmacological Approaches and Rationale for Mentally Ill-Mentally Retarded Children.- 7. Treatment Strategies in the Habilitation of Severely Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill Adolescents and Adults.- 8. Multimodal Treatment of Mental Illness in Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons.- III Special Systems of Services.- 9. Value-Based Programming for the Dually Diagnosed: The Rock Creek Model.- 10. A Model Inpatient Psychiatric Program: Its Relationship to a Continuum of Care for the Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill.- 11. A Plan Designed to Deliver Services to the Multiply Mentally Handicapped.- 12. A Model Day-Treatment Service for the Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill Population.- 13. A Home Intervention Program for Mentally Retarded-Emotionally Disturbed Individuals and Their Families.- IV Training Challenges.- 14. Training Mental Health Personnel in Mental Retardation.- 15. Teaching Behavior Modification Skills to Paraprofessionals.- 16. New Challenges in Social Work Practice with the Mentally Retarded.- V Research and Future Directions.- 17. Psychiatric Research in Mental Retardation: Current Status and Future Directions.- 18. A Broader Perspective: Applying Modern Mental-Retardation Service-System Principles to All Chronically Disabled Persons.- Author Index.