Characteristics of people with intellectual disability admitted for psychiatric inpatient treatment

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-118

  Raitasuo, Seija ^a,b   Taiminen, T ^a   Salokangas, R K R ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Spec Welf Dist of SW Finland ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Inpatients; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032906677     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1999.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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