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Profiles of Patients with Intellectual Disability and Mental Illness in Specialized and Generic Units in an Ontario Psychiatric Hospital
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White, Stacy E.; Lunsky, Yona; Grieve, Charlotte – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
In a mental health system where limited specialized services exist for individuals with intellectual disability (ID), patients using such services should be those with the most complex needs. The purpose of this study was to compare the profile of patients with ID served in a specialized unit (n = 40) to those in generic units (n = 141) within one…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Psychiatric Hospitals in Ontario: Clinical Profile and Service Needs
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Lunsky, Yona; Gracey, Carolyn; Bradley, Elspeth – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Background: Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) represent a small, but challenging sub-group of patients within Ontario's mental health care system. However, few studies have documented the clinical characteristics of this population and examined how such individuals differ from other psychiatric patients, with or without intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Psychiatric Hospitals, Foreign Countries
A Comparison of Patients with Intellectual Disability Receiving Specialised and General Services in Ontario's Psychiatric Hospitals
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Lunsky, Y.; Bradley, E.; Durbin, J.; Koegl, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Over the years, the closure of institutions has meant that individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) must access mainstream (i.e. general) mental health services. However, concern that general services may not adequately meet the needs of patients with ID and mental illness has led to the development and implementation of more…
Descriptors: Health Services, Substance Abuse, Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals
Characteristics of the Treatment Environment: A Factor Analytic Study
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Silverstein, A. B.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
Intercorrelations of the items of the Characteristics of the Treatment Environment instrument (CTE) were factored for three samples of attendants at institutions for the mentally retarded. These results differed from previous studies of the CTE, which was originally developed for mental or psychiatric hospitals. Two factors, autonomy and activity,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, Institutional Environment, Institutions
American and British Mental Health Workers Look at Rehabilitation
Askenasy, Alexander R. – Ment Hyg, 1969
Study supported by funds from the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, the Research Institute for the Study of Man, the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, and Smith Kline & French Laboratories.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Employment Opportunities