International Handbook of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Summary: Applied research in intellectual disabilities
Review: This handbook is edited and composed by a competent international group of people. Eric Emerson is professor of clinical psychology at the Institute for Health Research at Lancaser University in the United Kingdom and Chris Hatton is professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care at the same institution, while Travis Thompson is professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, University of Minnesota in the United States and Trevor Parmenter is professor and director of the Centre for Developmental Disability Studies in Sydney, Australia.
Together with 56 international contributors with a multidisciplinary background the editors have succeeded to put forth the current thinking about applied research in the topic of intellectual disability.
This is an impressive book with 30 chapters devided into four sections: Historical and social context of research, approaches to measurements, research on the nature, characteristics and social context of intellectual disability and impact of support systems and services.
We found this book of great value as a summary of research issues involved with the search for more information in the field of intellectual disability, the ethical issues involved with research for this population and service research.
We believe this book will be helpful to both , students, researchers and practitioners in the multidisciplinary field of intellectual disability.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical director, Division for Mental Retardation, Box 1260, IL-91012 Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: [e-mail]

Mohammed Morad, MD
Family physician, Division for Community Health, Ben Gurion University, Box 653, IL-84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel, email: [e-mail]