Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities

ISBN-13: 9780470974858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 196 str.

Carol Sellars

Opis

Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities').

• Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity Act
• Covers methods of assessing a person's capacity to consent in a range of situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenarios
• Covers implications of new guidelines issued in relation to the Care Programme Approach (CPA)

Spis treści

Preface: Introduction to Second Edition vii

Chapter 1 Assessing Risks in the Lives of People with Intellectual Impairment 1

Chapter 2 The Problem of Predicting Risk 13

Chapter 3 Assessing Risks and Establishing Care Plans 27

Chapter 4 Everyday Risks 47

Chapter 5 Parents with Intellectual Impairment 69

Chapter 6 Self–harm, Mental Illness and Risk 89

Chapter 7 Other Mental Disorders and Associated Risks 103

Chapter 8 Violence and Offending in People with Intellectual Impairment 123

Chapter 9 Sex Offenders with Intellectual Impairment 141

Chapter 10 Assessment of Risk with Those You Care For: the Way Forward 155

References and Suggested Further Reading 167

Index 171

O autorze

Carol Sellars is a retired Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. She worked for the NHS Trust for more than thirty years with a wide range of client groups with different types of problems.

Blurb

Along with an increased awareness of the problem, there have been several legislative changes implemented over the past decade relating to the assessment and care of people who suffer from intellectual impairment (previously called ′learning disabilities′). The second edition of Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities reflects these important legislative updates while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment.

Carol Sellars presents a succinct step–by–step approach to defining the problem before enumerating the ways of assessing risk and the process of presenting and utilizing the information collected. For this new edition Sellars also revisits and finely hones each of the techniques outlined in her earlier work in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the Mental Capacity Act. Comprehensive coverage of how to assess a person′s capacity to consent is also included, as well as implications of new guidelines issued in relation to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for those with mental health problems. Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition represents the most up–to–date resource for clinicians and carers alike to help improve the lives of people with any, and all manner, of diminished intellectual capacity.