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Varghese, Susan; Banerjee, Subimal – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
The aim of the audit was to evaluate the current clinical practice for learning-disabled individuals with psychotic disorders. We evaluated the existing clinical practice in 910 individuals who were under the care of learning disability psychiatrists in Buckinghamshire (population of 480 000). This was compared with the National Institute for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Schizophrenia, Learning Disabilities, Identification
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Lai, Chia-Im; Hung, Wen-Jiu; Lin, Lan-Ping; Chien, Wu-Chien; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The paper aims to analyze the hospital inpatient care use and medical fee of people with ID co-occurring with schizophrenia in Taiwan. A nationwide data were collected concerning hospital admission and medical expenditure of people with ID (n = 2565) among national health insurance beneficiaries in Taiwan. Multiple regression analyses were…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Schizophrenia, Hospitals
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Olafsdottir, Sigrun; Pescosolido, Bernice A. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2009
In the 1990s, sociologists began to rethink the failure of utilization models to explain whether and why individuals accessed formal treatment systems. This effort focused on reconceptualizing the underlying assumptions and processes that shaped utilization patterns. While we have built a better understanding of how social networks structure…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Attitudes, Health Services
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Sarrett, Jennifer C.; Kushner, Howard I. – Annals of Science, 2011
Watters questions the universality of mental illness and warns of the harms that accompany the exportation of Western typologies to non-Western cultures. He is particularly concerned that these effects will be exacerbated by the upcoming revisions of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" ("DSM-V").…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Autism, Global Approach
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Spiller, Mary Jane; Costello, Helen; Bramley, Agnieszka; Bouras, Nick; Martin, Graham; Tsakanikos, Elias; Holt, Geraldine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: Although research is starting to identify those factors that predict contact with mental health services in individuals with intellectual disabilities, very little is known about the patterns of service use following referral. Yet, this information is vital for effective service planning and development. We therefore examined the…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Retardation, Schizophrenia, Nurses
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Bhaumik, S.; Tyrer, F. C.; McGrother, C.; Ganghadaran, S. K. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: UK policies aim to facilitate access to general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability (ID). If this is to be achieved, it is important to have a clear idea of the characteristics and proportion of people with ID who currently access specialist psychiatric services and the nature and extent of psychiatric…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Health Services, Gender Differences, Incidence
Greenberg, Joel – Science News, 1979
Discusses different methods of treating disabilities, particularly the biochemical and environmental approaches. (HM)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Environment, Health, Health Education
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
BERLIN, I.N., ED.; SZUREK, S.A., ED. – 1967
THE COLLECTION CONTAINS LECTURES AND PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS DEALING WITH CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, CONSIDERATION OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY INCLUDES DEFINITION, PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, FACTORS IN CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, CLINICAL SYNDROMES, CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSES, AND PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY. AN OVERVIEW OF A PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHILD…
Descriptors: Administration, Antisocial Behavior, Child Development, Children