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Identifying children with mental handicap in new referrals to a community child and family service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Colgate
Robert Colgate*
Affiliation:
St David's Hospital, Carmarthen, Dyfed SA31 3HB, Brynffynnon Child and Family Service, Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan CF27 4DD
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Abstract

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Clinical experience suggested that between one tenth and one fifth of new referrals to a county-wide child and family service were referrals of children who had mental handicap. The purpose of this project was to establish the proportion prospectively with the clinical assessment used routinely by the service.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 338 - 340
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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