Open Educational Resources (OER) for Health Sciences: Mental Health OER

This book focuses on a number of interventions, including speech and language pathology, speech and language assessment instruments, occupational therapy, improving functional language development in autism with natural gestures, communication boards etc as well as helping people with autism using the pictorial support, training of concepts of significant others, theory of mind, social concepts and a conceptual model for empowering families of children with autism cross culturally. It also examines the issue of hyperandrogenism and evidence-based treatments of autism. In terms of assessment, it focuses on psychological and biological assessment including neurotransmitters systems, structural and functional brain imaging, coping strategies of parents, examines the intertwining of language impairment, specific language impairment and ASD, as well as implicit and spontaneous Theory of Mind reading in ASD. In terms of aetiology, it focuses on genetic factors, epigenetics, synaptic vesicles, toxicity during neurodevelopment, immune system and sex differences. It also examines the link between social cognitive anatomical and neurophysiologic biomarkers and candidate genes.

This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing 'Key Points for Caregivers.' For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in 'what to do,' we provided text box summaries for reading and listening.

A comprehensive textbook for research methods classes. A peer-reviewed inter-institutional project.

To ensure that treatment providers apply the most current science-based
approaches to their patients, NIDA has supported the development of the
“Therapy Manuals for Drug Addiction” series. This series reflects NIDA’s
commitment to rapidly applying basic findings in real-life settings. The
manuals are derived from those used efficaciously in NIDA-supported
drug abuse treatment studies. They are intended for use by drug abuse
treatment practitioners, mental health professionals, and all others concerned with the treatment of drug addiction.