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Bridging primary and secondary care for people with learning disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neill J. Simpson
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Definitions for learning disability vary depending on the context in which they are used (Box 1), as does the terminology (Box 2). In the UK, the term ‘learning disability’ was adopted in 1991 by the Department of Health. The term ‘mental retardation’ is used in the ICD-10 (World Health Organization, 1992). Fryers (1991) has commented on the need for different definitions in order to distinguish the context in which the term is used.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 1 , Issue 7 , September 1995 , pp. 207 - 213
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1995 

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