Chronic Disease and Disability

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Buch | Hardcover

255 Seiten

2022
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
9781685074920 (ISBN)

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Neurodevelopmental disabilities are a diverse group of chronic disorders that begin at any time during the development process - from conception through completion of adolescence. The impact of such disabilities last throughout an individual's lifetime. The underlying basis for these disorders lies in fundamental deficits in the developing brain due to genetic, prenatal, perinatal, metabolic, and other factors. Developmental disabilities affect 17% of individuals younger than 18 years of age in the United States. Prevention along with early recognition and intervention is critically important to mitigate the adverse impact of developmental disabilities, both at an individual level and at societal level. Children and adults with disabilities need routine preventive and acute medical care and access to services similar to those who do not have such disabilities. The quality of life and health outcomes for individuals with disabilities largely depend on the access and adequacy of community-based support systems. With appropriate support, most individuals with disability can maintain relative independence and productive life. In this book we have gathered some recent selected topics on neurodevelopmental disabilities which we hope will be of interest for the reader.

JJoav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics at the Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, Kentucky Childrens Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States and Professor of Public Health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the former Medical Director of the Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem and the Founder and Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel

Introduction; Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; Approach to Evaluation of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; Rehabilitation Options for ADD/ADHD; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment; The Application of Early Developmental Intervention in Children with Disabilities; Pulmonary Rehabilitation: History and Definition; The Power of a Good Nights Sleep on Memory and Learning in Children; Public Health Ethics in a Year of The Pandemic: A Primer; Pediatric Obesity Psychopharmacology: Quo Vadis?; About the Editors; About the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMED), Kalamazoo, Michigan USA; About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2022
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	502 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
ISBN-13	9781685074920 / 9781685074920
Zustand	Neuware