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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
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Lunsky, Yona; Gracey, Carolyn; Bradley, Elspeth – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Background: Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) represent a small, but challenging sub-group of patients within Ontario's mental health care system. However, few studies have documented the clinical characteristics of this population and examined how such individuals differ from other psychiatric patients, with or without intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Psychiatric Hospitals, Foreign Countries