Abstract
Communication is the foundation of every relationship. How individuals perceive theirconnection with their mental healthcare providers significantly influences the success oftheir treatment relationships (Finlay & Lyons, 2002). Many mental health professionals lackspecialized training in the field of intellectual disabilities (ID), including a lack of training incommunicating with patients who have limited expressive language skills. Although, inmost educational programs, the mental health assessment of patients focuses on history-taking, the mental status examination and the interview process, if an individual is nonverbalor has limited communication abilities, then the clinician may lack confidence in inter-viewing him or her.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Practical Manual |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons |
| Pages | 90-124 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119993810 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 27 2012 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Medicine
Keywords
- Art of "managing the triangle" and "white coat syndrome," in nonverbal
- Concrete thinking, in thought disorders
- Fantasy and reality, making a distinction
- History-taking, and formal mental status examination
- Interviewing, assessing developmental levels
- Levels of ID, mild versus severe, or profound
- Non-threatening issues addressed, and memory retrieval
- Pre-logical, egocentrism, in pre-school children
- Psychiatric interview of patients with ID
- Psychological masking, and acquiescence
Disciplines
- Mental Disorders
- Other Psychiatry and Psychology
- Psychiatry