1. Psychiatric disorder in Asian adults with learning disabilities: patterns of service use.
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Chaplin RH, Thorp C, Ismail IA, Collacott RA, and Bhaumik S
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- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, England epidemiology, Ethnicity psychology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Intellectual Disability diagnosis, Intellectual Disability psychology, Learning Disabilities diagnosis, Learning Disabilities psychology, Male, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Mental Disorders psychology, Psychotic Disorders diagnosis, Psychotic Disorders epidemiology, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Referral and Consultation statistics & numerical data, Registries statistics & numerical data, White People psychology, White People statistics & numerical data, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Ethnicity statistics & numerical data, Intellectual Disability epidemiology, Learning Disabilities epidemiology, Mental Disorders epidemiology
- Abstract
Asian and white Caucasian adults with learning disabilities seen by the Department of the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities, Frith Hospital, Leicester, England, in 1991 were studied. Asian adults with learning disabilities were under-represented with respect to the local population (as measured by learning disability register), but not the population of individuals with learning disabilities known to the psychiatric services. Asians were significantly more likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis, in particular that of psychosis, but there were striking similarities in the routes of referral, the number of contacts with the service and the range of defined disabilities.
- Published
- 1996
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