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Clinician's Guide to Mental Health Conditions in Adults with Autism Spec

trum Disorders: Assessment and Interventions
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This comprehensive and much-needed guide addresses the issues faced by clinicians in assessing and treating the range of mental health conditions, which can affect adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Its particular focus on adults fills a notable gap in the ASD professional literature, with an extensive array of contributors from across the psychology and healthcare professions. Covering a wide variety of common co-occurring mental health conditions including mood disorders, anxiety, psychosis, OCD, personality disorders, and eating disorders, this guide also explores broader issues to do with promoting positive mental health and wellbeing. Authoritative and detailed, this is an essential resource for all clinicians and professionals looking to understand and tailor their approach to mental health in autistic adults, and the need for specific methods and strategies to enhance assessment and treatment.

Section 1: Overview

Chapter 1: Autism Spectrum DisordersDr Debbie Spain, Prof Eddie Chaplin and Dr Jane McCarthy (Editors)

Chapter 2: Mental health morbidity across the lifespanCornelia Carey (South London and Maudsley Trust; King's College London), Daniel Clear and Dene Robertson (Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Director Behavioural and Developmental Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London)

Chapter 3: Autism legislation and policyKarina Marshall-Tate (Head of Education and Training, ESTIA Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust)

Chapter 4: Understanding and managing transitions between servicesDr Cristal Oxley (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust) and Sarah Bernard (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust)

Section 2: Common Mental Health Conditions

Chapter 5: Linkages between Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Emotional, Development and Challenging BehaviourTanja Sappok (Berlin Center for mental health in developmental disabilities; Königin-Elisabeth-Herzberge Hospital, Berlin, Germany)

Chapter 6: Anxiety and delusional ideation in people with high-functioning autismDr Dougal Julian Hare (Cardiff University)

Chapter 7: General AnxietySarah Blainey (Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Science, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London)

Chapter 8: Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Ailsa Russell, MSc. Clin. Psy., PhD. (Dept. of Psychology & Centre for Applied Autism Research, University of Bath)

Chapter 9: Social AnxietyDr Debbie Spain

Chapter 10: Posttraumatic Stress DisorderDr Freya Rumball (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust) and Dr Debbie Spain

Chapter 11: Mood DisordersProfessor Barry Tolchard (Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Huddersfield)

Chapter 12: CatatoniaDr Amitta Shah (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NAS Lorna Wing Centre for Autism; Leading Edge Psychology, Clinical Psychology Consultancy centre)

Chapter 13: PsychosisDr Colin Hemmings (Kent and Medway Partnership NHS Trust)

Chapter 14: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderDr Sally Cubbin MBChB, MRCPsych, MSc, DipCBT (Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialist in Adult ADHD, Mental Health Clinic, Manor Hospital, Beech Road, Oxford, OX3 7RP)

Chapter 15: Personality disorderCornelia Carey (South London and Maudsley Trust; King's College London), Emma Woodhouse (Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London) and Quinton Deeley (Senior Lecturer in Social Behaviour and Neurodevelopment, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London; National Autism Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital and Adult ADHD Clinic, Maudsley Hospital; Neuropsychiatry Brain Injury Clinic, Maudsley and Kings College Hospitals, London)

Chapter 16: Eating DisordersDr Heather Westwood (Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London) and Will Mandy DClinPsy PhD (UCL Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology)

Section 3: Interventions

Chapter 17: Working with families - techniques, positions, and practicesManus Moynihan (MOSAIC CAMHS, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust) and Eleni Paliokosta (MOSAIC CAMHS, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust)

Chapter 18: Social Skills InterventionsFrancisco Musich (Head of Department of Complex Cases, ETCI Foundation, Argentina) and Cynthia D'Agostino

Chapter 19: Cognitive behaviour therapyDr Debbie Spain

Chapter 20: MindfulnessAnnelies A. Spek (Clinical Psychologist) and Michelle Kiep (Psychologist)

Chapter 21: PsychopharmacologyDr Jane McCarthy and Prof Eddie Chaplin

Section 4: Understanding and Managing Risk

Chapter 22: Risk Assessment and ManagementDavid Murphy (Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS Trust)

Chapter 23: Anger and emotion regulationKate Johnston (Adolescent At-risk and Forensic Service, National & Specialist CAMHS, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Department of Psychology, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience) and Emmie Neophytou (Adolescent At-risk and Forensic Service, National & Specialist CAMHS, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust)

Chapter 24: Autism and OffendingClare Melvin (Doctoral Candidate, Tizard Centre, University of Kent), Aida Malovic (Department of Psychology, Politics, and Sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University) and Glynis H. Murphy (Professor of Clinical Psychology & Disability, Tizard Centre, University of Kent)

Chapter 25: Substance use disordersProf Eddie Chaplin and Dr Jane McCarthy

Section 5: Promoting Health and wellbeing

Chapter 26: A review of Mind-Body interventions in Autism Spectrum: what do we know and where do we go?C. Ellie Wilson (Science in English)

Chapter 27: Addressing mental health conditions and promoting wellbeing in autism: An interview with Joe Powell on autism, care and quality of life based on his experience of a service user and his new life as the Director of All Wales People FirstJoe Powell (National Director, All Wales People First) speaks to Richard Mills (CAAR, Department of Psychology, University of Bath; Consultant Associate, AT-Autism, London)

This comprehensive and insightful volume will be essential reading for anyone working with adults on the autism spectrum. Dr Spain and her colleagues have collected authoritative chapters by leading clinicians and researchers, covering the many mental health issues affecting autistic adults, including anxiety, depression, OCD, and ADHD. Less well-known, but very important, conditions such as catatonia and PTSD are also covered, and every chapter provides practical as well as theoretical content. Appropriately, the final word is given to Joe Powell, who reflects on his own experience of striving for wellbeing as an adult on the autism spectrum.
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