Mental wellness in adults with down syndrome a guide to emotional and behavioral strengths and challenges - McGuire, Dennis Eugene; Chicoine, Brian (Bethesda, Md. Woodbine House, 2006)
Mental health assessment -- Assessing the physical/mental health connection -- Family and community support -- What is normal?: Understanding "normal," "usual," and "common," behavior in people with Down syndrome -- Memory -- Communication skills -- Self-esteem and self-image -- Self-talk, imaginary friends, and fantasy life -- The groove and flexibility -- Life span issues: "teenage behavior," isolation, withdrawal, retirement -- Mental illness and its precipitants -- Assessment of mental illness -- Treatment approaches for mental illness -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Psychotic disorders -- Eating refusal -- Challenging behavior -- Self-injurious behavior -- Tic disorders and repetitive movements -- Austism -- Alzheimer disease.
Keywords: Down syndrome