Mental health and intellectual disability: integrating different approaches in the neurodevelopmental perspective

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Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

E-ISSN: 2044-1290|9|5|217-221

ISSN: 2044-1282

Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol.9, Iss.5, 2015-09, pp. : 217-221

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Abstract

<title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title>– The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical overview of some main implications of the neurodevelopmental perspective for the field of the mental health in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title>– A discussion surrounding the importance of integrating different approaches in the neurodevelopmental perspective, drawing on sources from the paper proposals to the 10th International Congress of the European Association in Mental Health and Intellectual Disability (EAMHID), and the literature.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title>– At present, the neurodevelopmental perspective seems to be the most appropriate and valued conceptual framework to support multi-level, interdisciplinary approaches in understanding the aetiologies of mental health problems as well as when and how to intervene. It inherently exemplifies a dimensional approach, which can capture variations between individuals, their developmental time course, brain-behaviours associations and functional significance better than categorical approaches, and diagnostic measures.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title>– This editorial outlines a special issue that offers a comprehensive and varied collection of papers from the contributions to the 10th International Congress of the EAMHID.