How can mental health in persons with an intellectual developmental disability be improved? The contributions provide an up-to-date overview on various topics related to mental health in these people. In addition to new diagnostic approaches, innovative therapy methods are presented. The aim is to promote treatment and support in clinical practice and to improve the quality of life. Readers from science and practice, as well as persons involved and their relatives, can expect well-founded knowledge about the latest developments and important suggestions from a wide range of topics, such as autism, Down syndrome, dementia, deafness, trauma, emotional development, sexuality, conflict management, drama therapy etc.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Tanja Sappok Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist Center for mental health in developmental disabilities, Ev. Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin Lecturer at the Charité University Hospital Vice president of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für seelische Gesundheit bei Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung e.V: (DGSGB) President of the European Assocoation for Mental Health in Intellectual Disabilities (EAMHID)
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Burtscher Professor für Heilpädagogik, Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Director of the Institute of Social Health
Contents
9 Editorial
11 Michael Seidel The extinction ofpeople with mental and physical disabilities by German physicians under the Nazi regime
Basic science
31 Nicole Striiber Focus on the brain: how individual genes, prenatal epigenetic characteristics and early interaction experiences shape resilience and risk
42 Kim Hinkelmann Neurobiology ofdissociation: a stress perspective
51 Filip Morisse and Leen De Neve Emotional development: from science to practice
67 Peter Vermeulen Autism, the predictive mind and context blindness
Mental health
89 Marco O. Bertelli and Annamaria Bianco New insights on psychopathological assessment in persons with intellectual disability and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder
107 Johannes Fellinger Mental Health ofdeafpeople with intellectual disabilities
121 Andre Strydom Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome -from understanding pathology to prevention
Treatment and care
129 Miriam Schuler, Hannes Ulrich and Klaus M. Beier Intellectual disabilities in juveniles and adults with sexual interest in children - a challenge for the prevention of child sexual abuse
142 Marja W. Hodes Video-feedback intervention to support parents with intellectual disabilities 160 Trine Lise Bakken Mental health nursing for persons with intellectual disabilities: behavioural equivalents, therapeutic communication, emotional climate, and user participation
173 Regina Fabian Drama therapy approach using theatre improvisational methods in people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems 181 Lien Claes, E. De Windt, T. Morisse, H. Schotte, A. Traen, Trees Vangansbeke and J. Van Tuyckom On mutual connections between trauma and brain in people with intellectual disabilities
198 Carlos Escalera DOKI (dialogue-oriented crisis intervention)
220 Marco O. Bertelli, Elisabetta Buonaguro, Luciana Forte and Annamaria Bianco Psychotropic drug use in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder with high support need: who, what, when, how, and why?
239 Tina Cook Building resilience: researching the practice ofmindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy with family carers of adults with learning disability and challenging behaviour 6
Living in the community
261 Christine Preifimann Living with autism - needs, experiences and support
274 Peter Vermeulen From neurodiversity to neuroharmony: intellectual disability, autism and happiness
293 Karl Eiling Ellingsen Blind spots! A look at some ofthe outcomes ofthe Norwegian reform in service systems for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
300 Jeanne Farr Lessons from a global pandemic: what have we learned?
Appendix
311 Authors
317 Acknowledgments