Young people with intellectual disabilities and mental health needs

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-473

  Kolaitis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescentschildrenintellectual disabilitiesmental health needs

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COUNSELING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52449101952     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283060a7b     Document Type: Review

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