Establishing core mental health workforce attributes for the effective mental health care of people with an intellectual disability and co-occurring mental ill health - Weise - 2017 - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Wiley Online Library
People with intellectual disability experience high rates of mental ill health but multiple barriers to access to quality mental health care. One significant barrier to access is a generalist mental health workforce that lacks capacity, and consensus on what constitutes core workforce competencies in this area. As such, the first step in developing a comprehensive strategy that addresses these barriers is to define the core mental health workforce attributes. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai