The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
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Aust N Z J Psychiatry · Feb 2015
Ambulatory mental health data demonstrates the high needs of people with an intellectual disability: results from the New South Wales intellectual disability and mental health data linkage project.
To investigate the ambulatory mental health service profile of persons with intellectual disability (ID) in a representative sample of New South Wales (NSW). ⋯ Ambulatory mental health data from NSW indicates that people with an ID receive care for a distinct range of mental disorders, and experience uncertainty regarding their diagnosis. People with an ID have higher service needs which require recognition and the allocation of specific resources. Such data provide a suitable baseline for future evaluation of the impact of ambulatory mental health reforms for people with an ID.