Welcome to the DDMED psychiatric medicine section. This section contains detailed information on the medical assessment and management of common psychiatric disorders. Information can be obtained based on diagnosis (e.g., depression, schizophrenia), or on behaviors. Treatment is defined by disorder (e.g., pharmacological management of depression); class of medication (e.g., prescription of antidepressants for persons with mental retardation), and developmental disability is included in the developmental psychopharmacology tract.

Psychiatric complications are common in persons with MR/DD. The most common types of psychiatric syndromes are listed and specific information is provided on each category.

Anxiety
  * Fact Sheet-Anxiety Disorders
  * Fact Sheet-Bipolar Disorder
  * Management of Anxiety Disorders

Depression
  * Fact Sheet-Antidepressant Therapy
  * Fact Sheet-Depression
  * Assessment and Management-Depression
  * Pharmacological Management-Depression

Mania
  * Fact Sheet-Mania
  * Fact Sheet-Manic Depressive Disorder
  * Fact Sheet-Mood Stabilizers
  * Pharmacological Mgt of Mania-MR/DD

Psychosis
  * Assessment and Management-Psychosis
  * Fact Sheet-Psychosis
  * Fact Sheet-Managing Psychosis

Schizophrenia
  * Fact Sheet-Schizophrenia
  * Fact Sheet-Treatment of Schizophrenia
  * Management of Schizophrenia

Sleep Disturbance
  * Fact Sheet-Sleep Disturbance
  * Delirious MR Patient

Substance Abuse
  * Fact Sheet-Substance Abuse
  * Substance Abuse in MR/DD

Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAD)
  * Fact Sheet-Bipolar Disorder

Personality Disorders
  * Therapy-Personality Disorders Fact Sheet
  * Personality Disorders Fact Sheet
  * Assessment & Management-Personality Disorders