Women's Mental Health

Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-75

  Lunsky, Yona ^a,b   Havercamp, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical model; Intellectual disabilities; Mental health; Mental illness; Social conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957695789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776162.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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