Mental health service provision for adults with intellectual disability: Sources of referrals, clinical characteristics and pathways to care

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-106

  Maitland, Charlie H ^b   Tsakanikos, Elias ^b   Holt, Geraldine ^b   Bouras, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway; Intellectual disability; Mental health services; Source of referral

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34250024579     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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