Diagnostic Manual—Intellectual Disability (DM-ID)

Overview

Grounded in evidence-based methods and supported by the expert-consensus model, this manual offers a broad examination of intellectual disability (ID), including a description of each disorder, a summary of the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, a review of the literature and research in the field and an evaluation of the evidence supporting its conclusions, a discussion of the etiology and pathogenesis of the disorders, and adaptations of the diagnostic criteria for the ID population. Chapters in the DM-ID cover both special issues, such as assessment and diagnostic procedures and presentations of behavioral phenotypes of genetic disorders, and the individual DSM-IV categories. For each disorder, descriptive text details how to apply diagnostic criteria while tables further illustrate various factors.

Reviews

"Overall this is a very satisfactory and well-written manual and will be welcomed by practitioners and academics who work in the field of intellectual disabilities." —Psychiatric Services

"DM-ID is a long-awaited achievement. It is both comprehensive and detailed." —Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities

"The best expertise available on the subject of mental illness in persons with ID. As such, it fills an important gap in the clinical literature." —PsychCritiques

"An invaluable resource for any person working with individuals with intellectual disabilities . . . a must-have." —AAIDD Student and Young Professionals Newsletter

Author Biography

Robert Fletcher, DSW, is the CEO of the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed. He lives in Kingston, New York. Earl Loschen, MD, is a professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Chrissoula Stavrakaki, MD, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. Michael First, MD, is a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University in New York. He lives in New York City.