Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability

Julie P. Gentile, M.D. (jen-TILL-ee) is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio and the Project Director for Ohio’s Coordinating Center of Excellence in Mental Illness/Intellectual Disability. She has been the Professor of Dual Diagnosis for the Ohio Department of Mental Health, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disability, and the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council since 2003 and has evaluated more than 2,000 individuals with co-occurring mental illness and intellectual disability. She is the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association’s Frank J. Menolascino Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Services for Developmental Disabilities, the Excellence in Contributions to Clinical Practice Award from the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and has been awarded more than $3,000,000 in grants and contracts to support her work in dual diagnosis since 2003.Paulette Marie Gillig, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio and on the Faculty of the Graduate School.  She has been Ohio Department of Mental Health Professor of Rural and Underserved Populations since 1998, is listed in Best Doctors in America, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, is Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She is the recipient of numerous teaching and has published three books and over 60 articles and book chapters in the several areas of Community (Public) Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and the Interface between Psychiatry and Neurology.  She is the Section Editor for the journal Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience.  She completed residencies in both Neurology and in Psychiatry, and also holds a doctorate in Social Psychology in the area of cognitive processes.

"..the book easily surpasses its goal to serve as a manual for the psychiatric treatment of this population, as the chapters provide a solid overview of the subject matter,including contemporary references.Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability: A Practical Manual will definitely appeal to those who spend the majority of their professional time providing psychiatric care to individuals with intellectual disabilities as well as to those with less frequent contact with this patient group." (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2013) “This is a superb and extremely helpful book on the diagnosis and management of patients with intellectual disability. I wish this book were available when I was in training!.”  (Doody's, 12 October 2012)"This is a good source of practical information directed at clinicians in the field. Drs. Gentile and Gillig provide us with a concise well referenced survey of the rapidly developing field of community-based management of complex neurobehavioral and psychiatric conditions." (The NADD Bulletin, 2012)

• Dedications viiEditor biographies ixList of contributors xiList of abbreviations xiiiForeword xv1 Overview 1Allison E. Cowan, MD and Julie P. Gentile, MD2 Psychiatric Assessment 14Ann K. Morrison, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD3 Medical Assessment 26Julie P. Gentile, MD and Michelle A. Monro, DO4 Neurologic Conditions 51Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD and Richard Sanders, MD5 Traumatic Brain Injuries and Co-occurring Mental Illness 75Gretchen N. Foley, MD6 Interviewing Techniques 90Julie P. Gentile, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD7 Mood Disorders 125Ann K. Morrison, MD and Christina Weston, MD8 Anxiety Disorders 146Kelly M. Blankenship, MD9 Psychotic Disorders 161Allison E. Cowan, MD10 Personality Disorders 191Julie P. Gentile, MD and Allison E. Cowan, MD11 Aggression 210Julie P. Gentile, MD and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD12 Psychotropic Medications 250Christopher T. Manetta, DO and Julie P. Gentile, MD13 Psychotherapy 278Carroll S. Jackson, LISW-S and Julie P. Gentile, MD14 Behavioral Assessment and Interventions 309Betsey A. Benson, PhD15 Legal Issues for Treatment Providers and Evaluators 325Jeannette Cox, JD16 Syndromes of Intellectual Disability 338Kelly M. Blankenship, MD and Christina Weston, MDIndex 366