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Depressive illness and mental handicap
Author(s) -
Yapa Padmini,
Roy Ashok
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1990.tb00564.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , depression (economics) , psychiatry , mental illness , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , mental health , economics , macroeconomics
Affective disorders, especially depression, are under‐diagnosed in people with mental handicaps. Two case reports are presented which highlight the difficulties in, and the importance of, diagnosing depression in such individuals and the need to start early treatment.