A systematic strategy to improve services to individuals with coexisting developmental disabilities and mental illness: National trends and the "Connecticut Blueprint"

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 50-58

  Beasley, Joan B ^a   DuPree, Kathryn ^b  

^a Private Consultant   (United States)

^b Connecticut Dept of Mental Retard ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Community services; Developmental disability; Forensic; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Psychiatric; Psychotic disorders; Systems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0038474209     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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