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Intellectual disability and Aboriginal Australians – training needs for psychiatrists

Aboriginal Australians have relatively high rates of intellectual disability, a situation that is probably due mainly to poor health and social disadvantage. Populations with high rates of intellectual disability are more at risk of developmental disorders and mental ill health. We explore the train...

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Autores principales: Roy, Meera, Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508074
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description Aboriginal Australians have relatively high rates of intellectual disability, a situation that is probably due mainly to poor health and social disadvantage. Populations with high rates of intellectual disability are more at risk of developmental disorders and mental ill health. We explore the training needs for psychiatrists working with indigenous people and how they can be met.
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spelling pubmed-67350102019-09-10 Intellectual disability and Aboriginal Australians – training needs for psychiatrists Roy, Meera Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper–Empowering People with Intellectual Disability Aboriginal Australians have relatively high rates of intellectual disability, a situation that is probably due mainly to poor health and social disadvantage. Populations with high rates of intellectual disability are more at risk of developmental disorders and mental ill health. We explore the training needs for psychiatrists working with indigenous people and how they can be met. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2011-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735010/ /pubmed/31508074 Text en © 2011 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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