Educating psychiatric residents in intellectual disability: Does exposure during residency affect attitudes toward persons with intellectual disability?

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 122-126

  Ruedrich, Stephen ^a   Schwartz, Stephan ^b   Dunn, Jonathan ^a   Nordgren, Lynlee ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ascentia   (United States)

^c Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude scales; Community inclusion; Diagnosis; Intellectual disability; Psychiatric; Psychiatry residency education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; EMPOWERMENT; GRADUATE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 57149088273     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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