Intellectual disability : understanding its development, causes, classification, evaluation, and treatment /
James C. Harris.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- x, 429 p. : ill. ; 74 cm.
- Developmental perspectives in psychiatry .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins, changing concepts, and legal safeguards -- The classification of intellectual disability -- Epidemiology: who is affected? -- Etiology and assessment -- Understanding and evaluating emotional and behavioral impairment -- Genetics, behavior, and behavioral phenotypes -- A lifespan developmental approach -- Family, behavioral, interpersonal, psychoeducational, pharmacologic and community interventions -- Ethics and spirituality.