Hidden in Plain Sight: Treating Trauma in the Intellectually Disabled

Recently a colleague consulted with me about a young woman he had just evaluated in the hospital who had been traumatized by a sexual assault. He was stuck, unable to plan a course of action because the patient was quite challenged intellectually, and therefore the customary treatments seemed inappropriate. His literature search determined that although hundreds of books and articles have been written about the evaluation and treatment of psychological trauma, there was little guidance about intervention with traumatized patients who were intellectually limited. I suggested that he read this book.