Psychiatry in mental retardation and developmental disabilities: a training program for psychiatry residents.
This article describes a program that was initiated in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio to train psychiatry residents in intellectual disability and developmental disabilities. The article provides a brief review of the literature on training psychiatry residents in developmental disability and an extensive...
| Published in: | Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 13 - 22 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Psychiatric Media Inc.
Jan-Mar2005
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | This article describes a program that was initiated in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio to train psychiatry residents in intellectual disability and developmental disabilities. The article provides a brief review of the literature on training psychiatry residents in developmental disability and an extensive description of our program. The training program was based in part on 1995 curricular recommendations advanced by the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Psychiatric Services for Persons with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The article concludes with an informal appraisal of the program. |
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