This is a practical book that presents evidenced-based methods for addressing challenging behaviour in children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It offers a person-centred approach to analysing and addressing challenging behaviour in an engaging and jargon-free style.
An engaging and optimistic account of a neurologist's diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease, a condition he treated in many of his patients during his twenty-five year career. Combining his clinical knowledge and personal experience, Dr Daniel Gibbs convincingly advocates for further research into the often pre-symptomatic stages of Alzheimer's.
A definitive, international, clinically-oriented yet comprehensive book and digital version covering neuropsychiatry and the fundamentals of neuroscience for registrars, residents, clinicians and practitioners of neuropsychiatry and its related fields.
Concise and informative, this book is for doctors preparing to specialise in stroke care and strokologists looking for rapid, but in-depth scientific guidance on stroke management. Fully revised, it features a problem-based approach and practice-orientated information in the fast-moving and expanding field of stroke medicine.
A guide for those who want to understand how to effectively advocate and ally with Autistic people, featuring over 100 #ActuallyAutistic voices. It offers practical strategies for honing advocacy efforts to align with the desires of the #ActuallyAutistic community.
This comprehensive and easily digestible guide is an ideal reference for psychologists, psychiatrists and allied professionals working in the field of adult autism assessment. It draws upon lived experience of Autistic people and presents the most up-to-date research in adult autism assessment.
The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules offers witty insights into baffling social codes such as making and keeping friends and common conversation pitfalls. Ideal for all 10-17 year olds on the autism spectrum, this book provides inside information on over thirty social rules helping teens on the spectrum to navigate the world around them.
Improvements in stroke care have shifted the treatment objectives towards helping sufferers regain independence. There is a greater need to understand, manage and treat residual deficits. Of value to all clinicians who treat patients with strokes, this book focuses on their care - exploring in detail both behavioral and cognitive problems.
This new edition provides the latest research findings written by leading dementia experts. The authors have distilled the most valuable discoveries into clear, insightful chapters. Includes new chapters on autoimmune antibody-associated encephalopathy; chronic traumatic encephalopathy; and sleep issues in dementia.