Drug abuse treatment for people with mental retardation. Who will do it?.
By: Daniel J. Tomasulo.
Series: Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities 1 (1) 1998: 20-21.Publisher: 1998Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DUAL DIAGNOSIS | DRUG ABUSE | TREATMENTSummary: People with mental retardation and developmental disabilities [MR/DD] who also suffer from psychiatric problems have been given greater treatment attention over the past two decades. A disturbing trend has been revealed. More people with MR/DD and pyschological disturbances have turned to drug abuse. In turn these abuses have led to addiction. The result is a collection of people who, when identified are meeting multiple dignostic criteria for MRR/DD psychiatric disorders and drug abuse. [AJ].Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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People with mental retardation and developmental disabilities [MR/DD] who also suffer from psychiatric problems have been given greater treatment attention over the past two decades. A disturbing trend has been revealed. More people with MR/DD and pyschological disturbances have turned to drug abuse. In turn these abuses have led to addiction. The result is a collection of people who, when identified are meeting multiple dignostic criteria for MRR/DD psychiatric disorders and drug abuse. [AJ].
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