Referral trends in mental health services for adults with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders

Autism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Tsakanikos, Elias ^a   Sturmey, Peter ^b   Costello, Helen ^a   Holt, Geraldine ^a   Bouras, Nick ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult autism; Dual diagnosis; Intellectual disability; Mental health services; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845489460     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307070987     Document Type: Article

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