Book Review: Parents, Professionals and Mentally Handicapped People

1983 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 304-304
Author(s):  
S MacCobb
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Handicapped People

scholarly journals Generic services for people with a mental handicap

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 212-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Nolan ◽  
G. Radakrishnan ◽  
John Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Behavioural Disorders ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Comprehensive Service ◽  
Handicapped People

There has been much discussion on the most suitable services for mentally handicapped people with special needs such as additional mental illness or marked behavioural disorders. A number of policy documents have advocated the use of generic services as a matter of course, such as the All Wales Strategy (1983), while others have acknowledged a possible need for specialist input when such services are used e.g. Needs and Responses (Department of Health, 1989). In 1986 the Royal College of Psychiatrists stated that the psychiatric needs of this group required a specialised service and suggested that ideally this would be integrated with other psychiatric specialities as part of a comprehensive service.

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