Atlas : global resources for persons with intellectual disabilities, 2007.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Services for--Statistics.

People with mental disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Global resources for persons with intellectual disabilities, 2007

Intellectual disabilities atlas

Atlas-ID

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) are frequently the most vulnerable group and on many occasions are exposed to human rights violations and deprived of minimum services and dignity. These persons are also the most likely to be secluded in large institutions unable to access basic health and educational services and excluded from ordinary social relations.Although it is well known that intellectual disability is a neglected area essential information about the presence or absence of resources and services for this population does not even exist in most of the countries of the world.

Contents:

Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; The project team and partners; Introduction; Methods; Findings by themes; Salient findings; The way forward; References; Appendix

Notes:

"Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization"--P. [4] of cover.

"Joint report by the World Health Organization and the Montreal PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Douglas University Institute in Mental Health"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75).

ISBN:

1-281-30750-5

9786611307509

92-4-068627-4

92-4-068262-7

OCLC:

714569795