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Forensic Aspects of Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jeremy Turk
Jeremy Turk*
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Department of Psychological Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH
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Areas of need exist where people with a mental handicap experience problems greater than, or differing from, the rest of the population. For example, there is a greater than average incidence of psychiatric disorder in mentally handicapped adults (Heaton-Ward, 1977) and children (Rutter et al, 1970; Gath & Gumley, 1986). Also, their families experience greater psychological distress and require support in their own right (Dupont, 1986; Shulman, 1988).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 591 - 594
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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