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Handbook of Dual Diagnosis

Assessment and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disorders

  • Examines comorbid behavior problems and mental health disorders in persons with intellectual disabilities (ID)
  • Discusses dual diagnosis and ethics, diagnostic systems, mental health disorders, challenging behaviors, and genetics
  • Explores clinical issues (e.g., services, education, risk factors, functional assessment)
  • Addresses a broad range of disorders in persons with ID (e.g., anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD, dementia)

Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series (ACPS)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. History of Dual Diagnosis

    • Johnny L. Matson, W. Jason Peters
    Pages 1-9
  3. The Classification of Mental Disorders: Dual Diagnosis in Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

    • Pamela McPherson, Justin R. Lockhart, Jennifer Bundrick
    Pages 11-31
  4. Challenging Behaviors and Dual Diagnosis

    • Matthew J. O’Brien
    Pages 33-56
  5. Genetic Disorders and Dual Diagnosis: Building Clinical Management on Etiology and Neurocognition

    • Anja G. Bos-Roubos, Linde van Dongen, Willem M. A. Verhoeven, Jos I. M. Egger
    Pages 57-76
  6. Service Systems

    • Anne M. Bowers
    Pages 95-108
  7. Educational Models

    • Hsu-Min Chiang
    Pages 109-117
  8. Interviewing and Report Writing for Persons with Dual Diagnosis

    • Paige A. Weir, Johnny L. Matson, Joshua Montrenes, Claire O. Burns
    Pages 141-152
  9. Functional Assessment in Dual Diagnosis

    • Renee O. Hawkins, Tai A. Collins, Cara Dillon
    Pages 153-165
  10. Checklists and Structured Interviews

    • Sissel Berge Helverschou, Arvid Nikolai Kildahl, Trine Lise Bakken
    Pages 167-193
  11. Assessment of Anxiety in Persons with Dual Diagnosis

    • Kimberly S. Ellison, Jerrica Guidry, Peter J. Castagna, Thompson E. Davis III
    Pages 213-228
  12. Assessment of Major Depression in Dual Diagnosis

    • Johnny L. Matson, Paige A. Weir
    Pages 229-238
  13. Severe Psychopathology

    • Dennis R. Combs, Thomas Bart, Lauren Bennett, Michael R. Basso
    Pages 239-249
  14. Assessing Autism in Dual Diagnosis

    • Johnny L. Matson, Joshua Montrenes
    Pages 251-266
  15. Substance Abuse in Dual Diagnosis

    • Ram Lakhan, Chizoba Anyimukwu, Manoj Sharma
    Pages 285-309
  16. Aging with Intellectual Disability: Dementia and Cognitive Decline

    • Fintan Sheerin, Philip McCallion, Eimear McGlinchey, Máire O’Dwyer, Evelyn Reilly, Mary McCarron
    Pages 311-330

About this book

This handbook addresses behavior problems and mental health disorders in persons with intellectual disabilities. It provides an overview of the history of dual diagnosis and related theories, ethics, diagnostic systems, mental health disorders, and challenging behaviors. The handbook examines general clinical issues, such as the effects of cognitive performance on the choice of assessment and treatment methods, service delivery systems, education models, risk factors, functional assessment, and structured interviews. Chapters provide a much-needed reference for practitioners and practitioners in training. The applied focus of the book continues with assessment/diagnosis sections of mental health disorders, and challenging behaviors. In addition, chapters describe treatments for discrete mental health and behavior problems, such as intellectual disabilities, severe psychopathology, autism, ADHD, substance abuse, and aggression.  


Topics featured in this handbook include: 
  • Genetic disorders and dual diagnosis. 
  • Assessment of anxiety in persons with dual diagnosis. 
  • Aging with intellectual disabilities. 
  • Feeding problems and assessment in individuals with dual diagnosis. 
  • Pica in individuals with intellectual disability. 
  • Treatment of social skills in dual diagnosis. 



The Handbook of Dual Diagnosis is an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, clinicians and related therapists and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, developmental psychology, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, pediatrics, and special education.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Johnny L. Matson

About the editor

Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. He has also previously held a professorship in psychiatry and clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of more than 800 publications including 41 books. He served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the journals Research in Developmental Disabilities (Elsevier) and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Elsevier) and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Springer).


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Buying options

eBook USD 219.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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