Ethnic factors in mental health service utilisation among people with intellectual disability in high-income countries: Systematic review

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 827-842

  Dura Vila G ^a   Hodes, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Intellectual disability; Mental health; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84865339086     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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