Seminars in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability

Dr Mark Scheepers is a clinical director and consultant Intellectual Disability psychiatrist at the 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, England. He has been an elected member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Intellectual Disability. Professor Mike Kerr is professor emeritus in Learning Disability Psychiatry at Cardiff University, Wales and an honorary professor at the School of Medicine, Swansea University, Wales. He is ambassador for epilepsy at International League Against Epilepsy and chair of their task force on psychiatry.

• Part I. Understanding Intellectual Disability: 1. Epidemiology of intellectual disability Christine Linehan; 2. Genetics of intellectual disability Kate Wolfe, Andre Strydom and Nick Bass; 3. Behavioural phenotypes Ruth Bevan and Gill Bell; 4. Communication in people with intellectual disability Lauren Edwards; Part II. Comorbidity: 5. Autism Tom Berney and Peter Carpenter; 6. Epilepsy and intellectual disability Mike Kerr and Lance Watkins; 7. Complex physical health issues in people with intellectual disability Robyn A. Wallace and Mark Scheepers; 8. Mortality in people with intellectual disability Pauline Heslop and Matthew Hoghton; Part III. Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders: 9. Children with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems Pru Allington-Smith; 10. Adults with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders Sally-Ann Cooper; 11. Management of dementia in intellectual disability Vee P. Prasher and Hassan Mahmood; 12. Forensic psychiatry and intellectual disability Harm Boer and Liz Beber; 13. Psychotherapy in people with intellectual disabilities Rajnish Attavar and Kuljit Bhogal; 14. Psychological treatment of common behavioural disorders Audrey Espie and Andrew Jahoda; 15. Challenging behaviour and the use of pharmacological interventions John Devapriam and Regi T. Alexander; Part IV. Delivering High Quality Care: 16. History of services for people with disorders of intellectual development Peter Carpenter; 17. Inpatient care in intellectual disabilities Kiran Purandare and Shaun Gravestock; 18. Legal provisions and restrictive practices Kevin O'Shea; 19. Leadership and management Paul Winterbottom; 20. Clinical research in intellectual disabilities: ethical and methodological challenges Niall O'Kane, Sujata Soni and Angela Hassiotis; 21. Training in intellectual disability psychiatry Bernice Knight and Joanna Kingston.