This comprehensive work addresses the care and treatment of adults and children who have disorders of intellectual development.

Editor: Dr Marc Woodbury-Smith is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Pediatrics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Clinician-Scientist at the Centre for Applied Genomics in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He trained in the UK as a psychiatrist in intellectual disability, and works as a clinician with children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other disorders of intellectual development.

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Disorders of Intellectual Development: Concept and Epidemiology: 1. Disorders of intellectual development: historical, conceptual, epidemiological and nosological overview Anthony Holland; 2. Behavioural phenotypes Jeremy Turk; Part II. Disorders of Intellectual Development: Comorbidity and Complications: 3. Psychiatric illness and disorders of intellectual development: a dual diagnosis Marc Woodbury-Smith and Sheila Hollins; 4. Anxiety disorders Sherva Elizabeth Cooray, Alinka Bakala and Anusha Wijeratne; 5. Behaviour problems Elspeth Bradley and Marika Korossy; 6. Epilepsy Marc Woodbury-Smith and Howard Ring; 7. The use of psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviours in adults Shoumitro Deb; Part II. Autism Spectrum Disorder: 8. Overview of autism spectrum disorder Stelios Georgiades, Terry Bennett and Peter Szatmari; 9. Autism spectrum disorder and Asperger syndrome Tom Berney; 10. Pharmacological management of core and comorbid symptoms in autism spectrum disorder Rachel Elvins and Jonathan Green; 11. Psychological treatment of autism spectrum disorder Jo-Ann Reitzel, Jane Summers and Irene Drmic; Part IV. Service Provision: 12. Improving the general health of people with disorders of intellectual development Mike Kerr and Penny Blake; 13. Bridging the gap: linking primary and secondary care for people with disorders of intellectual development Neill J. Simpson and Neil Arnott; 14. Ageing in people with disorders of intellectual development Gregory O'Brien and Paul White; 15. Services for children with disorders of intellectual development and mental health needs Asif Zia and Anagha Sardesai; 16. Forensic psychiatry for people with disorders of intellectual development: a personal reflection Simon Martin Halstead; Index.