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2. Mental handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elspeth Guthrie ,
Dawn Black  and
Neill Simpson
Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 0EW
Dawn Black
Affiliation:
Hope Hospital, Eccles New Road, Salford 6, Lancashire
Neill Simpson
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
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This speciality is concerned with the psychiatry of patients whose development of intelligence has been impaired.

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Careers in Psychiatric Specialities
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 12 , December 1990 , pp. 725 - 726
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Further reading

Nwulu, B. N. (1988) Consultant jobs in mental handicap: dead end posts? Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 12, 279–281.Google Scholar
O'Brien, G. (1990) Current patterns of service provision for the psychiatric needs of mentally handicapped people: visiting centres in England and Wales. Psychiatric Bulletin, 14, 6–7.Google Scholar
Pilkington, T. L. (1986) Trends in consultant appointments in mental handicap. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 10, 346–347.Google Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1983) Mental handicap services – the future. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 7, 131–133.Google Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1985) Guidelines for regional advisers on consultant posts in mental handicap. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 9, 207–208.Google Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1986) Psychiatric services for mentally handicapped adults and young people. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 10, 321–322.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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