Psychiatric care of adults with intellectual disabilities: Changing perceptions over a decade

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 890-897

  Torr, Jennifer ^a   Lennox, Nicholas ^b   Cooper, Sally Ann ^c   Rey Conde, Therese ^b   Ware, Robert ^b   Galea, Jennifer ^a   Taylor, Miriam ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Mental health; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STAFF TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649106801     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802345474     Document Type: Article

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