The impact of stress and social support on the mental health of individuals with intellectual disabilities

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1. Verfasser: Yona Lunsky
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contents The impact of stress and social support on the mental health of individuals with intellectual disabilities Yona Lunsky Salud stress social support intellectual disability People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at increased riskfor mental health problems than the general population.The reasons for this are both biological and social. Currenttreatment for mental health problems tends to be reactive innature with less emphasis on how mental health problems canbe prevented. A better understanding of the social contributorsto mental health in individuals with ID should lead tothe prevention of mental health problems in this particularlyvulnerable population. Two promising areas of research whenthinking about mental health promotion and ID are stressand social support, which are reviewed here. 2008 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10608707 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.2 Vol.50
format Artículo científico
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language en
publishDate 2008
publisher Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
spellingShingle The impact of stress and social support on the mental health of individuals with intellectual disabilities
Yona Lunsky
Salud
stress
social support
intellectual disability
The impact of stress and social support on the mental health of individuals with intellectual disabilities Yona Lunsky Salud stress social support intellectual disability People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at increased riskfor mental health problems than the general population.The reasons for this are both biological and social. Currenttreatment for mental health problems tends to be reactive innature with less emphasis on how mental health problems canbe prevented. A better understanding of the social contributorsto mental health in individuals with ID should lead tothe prevention of mental health problems in this particularlyvulnerable population. Two promising areas of research whenthinking about mental health promotion and ID are stressand social support, which are reviewed here. 2008 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10608707 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.2 Vol.50
title The impact of stress and social support on the mental health of individuals with intellectual disabilities
topic Salud
stress
social support
intellectual disability
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10608707