Emergency psychiatric services for individuals with intellectual disabilities: Caregivers' perspectives

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-362

  Weiss, Jonathan A ^a   Lunsky, Yona ^a   Gracey, Carolyn ^a   Canrinus, Maaike ^a   Morris, Susan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Emergency services; Health care delivery; Intellectual disability; Mental health; Psychiatric crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249130200     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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