[PDF][PDF] Mental health and intellectual disability: culture and diversity.
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R Littlewood
Journal of intellectual disability research, 2006•academia.edu… Background Compared with that in mental illness, cultural variation in popular
conceptualisations of intellectual disability has been rarely addressed. Methods A survey of
the relevant literature was conducted. … We can approach the issue of intellectual disability
(ID) in the context of culture through two rather different perspectives: … I am myself an
anthropologist and psychiatrist with a particular concern with how culture relates to
psychiatric illness and learning disabilities, first the professional perspective and response …
conceptualisations of intellectual disability has been rarely addressed. Methods A survey of
the relevant literature was conducted. … We can approach the issue of intellectual disability
(ID) in the context of culture through two rather different perspectives: … I am myself an
anthropologist and psychiatrist with a particular concern with how culture relates to
psychiatric illness and learning disabilities, first the professional perspective and response …
Abstract
Background Compared with that in mental illness, cultural variation in popular conceptualisations of intellectual disability has been rarely addressed. Methods A survey of the relevant literature was conducted.
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