The psychiatric care of people with intellectual disabilities: The perceptions of consultant psychiatrists in Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 774-780

  Lennox, Nicholas ^a   Chaplin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING;

AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0030299895     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065044     Document Type: Article

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