Behaviour disorders and other characteristics of the population of a mental handicap hospital
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Mental Handicap Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 3-20
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.1990.tb00077.x
Abstract
This paper presents information on the characteristics of 981 people living in a mental handicap hospital, including their sex, age, sensory and physical impairments, and level of behaviour disorder, and examines the inter‐relation of these features. The findings indicate that health and local authorities should take particular note of two features, age and behaviour disorders, when developing and implementing their resettlement policies for people with mental handicaps.Keywords
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