Open AccessThe Medical Care of People With Intellectual Disability
Author(s) -
Tanja Sappok,
Albert Diefenbacher,
Martin Winterholler
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0809
Subject(s) - biopsychosocial model , psychosocial , population , intellectual disability , dementia , medicine , psychiatry , down syndrome , disease , autism , psychology , clinical psychology , environmental health , pathology
An estimated 1.5 million persons in Germany are intellectually disabled. Persons with intellectual disability (ID) are especially vulnerable to somatic and mental illnesses.
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