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Chapter 16. Community Care

  1. Angela Hassiotis Senior Lecturer3,
  2. Diana Andrea Barron Clinical Research Fellow3,
  3. Ian Hall Consultant Psychiatrist4
  1. Philip Dodd1,
  2. Patricia Noonan Walsh2

Published Online: 16 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470682968.ch16

Book Title

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

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How to Cite

Dodd, P. and Walsh, P. N. (2009) Community Care, in Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook (eds A. Hassiotis, D. A. Barron and I. Hall), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470682968.ch16

Editor Information

  1. 3

    UCL Department of Mental Health Sciences, London W1W 7EJ, UK

  2. 4

    East London NHS Foundation Trust, London E1 4DG, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    St Michael's House, Ballymun, Dublin 9, Ireland

  2. 2

    Centre for Disability Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 OCT 2009
  2. Published Print: 11 DEC 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470742518

Online ISBN: 9780470682968

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Keywords:

  • community care and development of care - historical perspective;
  • attitudes and care perspectives to people with disabilities - tracing back to ancient Greece;
  • development of specific care for people with intellectual disabilities;
  • eugenic ideas and influence on conditions of people with intellectual disabilities;
  • segregated institutions - attracting growing criticism;
  • Goffman's description of psychiatric asylum as the ‘total institution’;
  • driving deinstitutionalization in United States and principle of normalization;
  • process of deinstitutionalization of citizens with intellectual disabilities;
  • modern mental health services for people with intellectual disabilities;
  • care programme approach (CPA) - system of care within specialist mental services

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • The development of care - an historical perspective

  • Modern mental health services for people with intellectual disabilities

  • Conclusion

  • References

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