Mental health needs of parents with intellectual disabilities

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-468

  O'Keeffe, Nikki ^a   O'Hara, Jean ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Mental health; Parents

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CUSTODY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT GROUP; ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 52449084779     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328305e61f     Document Type: Review

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