Psychiatric health needs and services before and after complete deinstitutionalization of people with intellectual disability
By: Nottestad, J.Aa.
Contributor(s): Linaker, O.M.
Series: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 43 (6) 1999: 523-530.Publisher: 1999Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DEINSTITUTIONALISATION | HEALTH ISSUES | PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | MENTAL HEALTH | MENTAL HEALTH CARE | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITYSummary: Before total deinstitutionalisation in Norway, many believed that the ordinary health care system could give people with intellectual disability the same or even better health care than that which they received in insititutions. It was said that insititutions created psychiatric problems, and that these would diminish or even disappear with the closing of these establishments. The present study examines the frequency of mental health problems and the psychiatric health services which 109 subjects aged between 16 and 65 years received before (1987) and after (1995) deinstitutionalisation. [AJ].Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Before total deinstitutionalisation in Norway, many believed that the ordinary health care system could give people with intellectual disability the same or even better health care than that which they received in insititutions. It was said that insititutions created psychiatric problems, and that these would diminish or even disappear with the closing of these establishments. The present study examines the frequency of mental health problems and the psychiatric health services which 109 subjects aged between 16 and 65 years received before (1987) and after (1995) deinstitutionalisation. [AJ].
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