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Relationship between Prior Legal Involvement and Current Crisis for Adults with Intellectual Disability
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Lunsky, Yona; Raina, Poonam; Jones, Jessica – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and legal involvement are a unique population with complex needs. To date, there has been limited research exploring the demographic and clinical profiles of individuals with ID and legal involvement that are in crisis and how they differ to individuals with ID without legal involvement.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Profiles, Background, Individual Characteristics
Profiles of Patients with Intellectual Disability and Mental Illness in Specialized and Generic Units in an Ontario Psychiatric Hospital
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White, Stacy E.; Lunsky, Yona; Grieve, Charlotte – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
In a mental health system where limited specialized services exist for individuals with intellectual disability (ID), patients using such services should be those with the most complex needs. The purpose of this study was to compare the profile of patients with ID served in a specialized unit (n = 40) to those in generic units (n = 141) within one…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Disorders, Mental Health