Service utilization patterns in parents of youth and adults with intellectual disability who experienced behavioral crisis

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-163

  Weiss, Jonathan ^a   Lunsky, Yona ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dual diagnosis; Families; Intellectual disability; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960150613     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2010.490617     Document Type: Article

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