The aim of this book is to provide essential reference material for people working in the fiels of HIV and learning disability. For this reason it has a clear practise bias, drawing on the experience of successful services and practitioners already working in the fiels in innovative ways. Best practice does not exist in a vacuum however, therfore some chapters include analyses of relevant management and organisation issues. By provinding an assessment of competence in responding to HIV in lea (… ) La suite »

While HIV spreads among people with severe mental illness for the same reasons it does in the general population, there are specific ways in which mental illness is associated with elevated HIV risk. Every mental health institution or program has to deal with the consequences of increased HIV rates, but until now there has been no single book that could tell them how to do so. AIDS and People with Severe Mental Illness covers the entire range of information essential for those who whork with (… ) La suite »

La compréhension de la sexualité ne se limite pas au génital ou au médical. L'éducation sexuelle ne doit pas s'arrêter à l'information mais requiert une véritable pédagogie. Cela suppose que les professionnels concernés disposent réellement d'outils d'analyse, de réflexion et d'action en ce domaine : telle est la fonction de l'ouvrage de Réjean Tremblay. Ce livre leur fournit les bases d'un savoir-faire (… ) La suite »