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Psychiatric illness and learning disability: a dual diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jane Bernal  and
Sheila Hollins
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The prevalence of moderate to profound learning disability is roughly 3 per 1000 and of mild learning disability about 3 per hundred (Abramowicz & Richardson, 1975). There are estimated to be more than 120 million people with learning disability worldwide.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 138 - 145
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1995 

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