Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the editors -- About the contributors -- Foreword / by Tom Prout -- Mental health and emotional problems in people with intellectual disabilities / John L. Taylor -- Social and psychological factors as determinants of emotional and behavioural difficulties / Eric Emerson and Andrew Jahoda -- The assessment of mental health problems in adults with intellectual disabilities / Chris Hatton and John L. Taylor -- Preparing people with intellectual disabilities for psychological treatment / Dave Dagnan, Andrew Jahoda and Amy Kilbane -- Adapting psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities i : assessment and cognitive deficit considerations / William R. Lindsay, Andrew J. Jahoda, Paul Willner and John L. Taylor -- Adapting psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities ii : treatment approaches and modifications / William R. Lindsay, Andrew J. Jahoda and Paul Willner -- Cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders / William R Lindsay, Paul Willner and Peter Sturmey -- Cognitive behavioural therapy for mood disorders / Anna J. Esbensen and Sigan L. Hartley -- Anger control problems / John L Taylor and Raymond W Novaco -- Cognitive-behavioural therapy for people with intellectual disabilities and psychosis / Stephen C. Oathamshaw, Alastair L. Barrowcliff and Gillian Haddock -- Cognitive behavioural treatment for inappropriate sexual behaviour in men with intellectual disabilities / William R. Lindsay -- Developing psychotherapeutic interventions for people with autism spectrum disorders / Dougal Julian Hare -- Supporting care staff using mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches / Stephen J. Noone -- Behavioural approaches to working with mental health problems / Robert S. P. Jones and Alan Dowey -- Psychodynamic psychotherapy and people with intellectual disabilities / Nigel Beail and Tom Jackson -- Mindfulness-based approaches / Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Alan S.W. Winton, Angela D. A. Singh, Ashvind N. A. Singh and Judy Singh -- Psychological therapies for adults with intellectual disabilities : future directions for research and practice / Richard P. Hastings, Chris Hatton, William R Lindsay and John L. Taylor -- Index.