Intellectual Disabilities at Your Fingertips: A Health Care Resource

Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Carl Tyler brings you a new pocket reference that offers reliable, up-to-date information on:
- General issues, such as disability classification, communication challenges, functional analysis, regulations and informed consent
- Common diagnostics
- Essentials of health promotion and disease prevention
- Common clinical syndromes
- Aging issues
- Syndrome-specific health care
- Neuro-behavioral medicine
- Common pharmacotherapies.

Physicians, psychiatrists, health care staff, case workers, QMRPS, QDDPs and others who serve persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities can greatly increase quality of life with this new medical reference.

In addition to an index and resource section, the book features the following tables.
Table 1. The 8 Principles of Health Care in Adults with IDD.
Table 2. Various Levels of Intellectual Disabilities.
Table 3. Common Health Issues Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Table 4. Periodic Health Examination Considerations for Persons with Cerebral Palsy.
Table 5. Common Health Issues in Adults with Down Syndrome.
Table 6. The Fragile X Checklist.
Table 7. Common Health Care Issues in Adults with Fragile X.
Table 8. Common Physical Conditions Associated with Self-Injurious Behavior.
Table 9. Medications Used in Management of Self-Injurious Behavior.
Table 10. Modified Ashworth Scale.
Table 11. Oral Medications Used to Treat Spasticity.
Table 12. Commonly Used Drugs with Anticholinergic Properties
Table 13. Metabolism of Antiepileptic Drugs.
Table 14. Selected Adverse Effects of Specific Antiepileptic Drugs.
Table 15. Common Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medications.
Table 16. Types of Neuroleptic-Induced Movement Disorder.
Table 17. Non-Neuroleptic Drugs Associated with Movement Disorder.

Prevention. Diagnosis. Treatment. Recovery. Whether a person's disability is mild or significant, the fact remains: better data plus better communication equals better patient outcomes. Dr. Tyler s work bridges the gap and ensures that you will maximize health planning, doctor visits, hospital stays, treatment regimens, medication routines, and more. His data and guidance help health care providers partner with the person who has IDD, and with care providers, to better identify and manage pain/discomfort, significant changes, and areas of concerns.