Training professionals, family carers and support staff to work effectively with people with intellectual disability and mental health problems

Mental Health Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Strategies and Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 117-136

  Costello, Helen ^a   Hardy, Steve ^a   Tsakanikos, Elias ^b   McCarthy, Jane ^c  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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