The Characteristics of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities Held in Forensic Asylums in Norway: 1915–1987

A significant number of patients with intellectual disability (ID) were admitted to forensic mental health asylums during the period 1915–1987. Many of these patients stayed for more than a decade, because of previous offending behaviour. We investigated the daily lives of 262 patients with an ID us...

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Main Authors: Erik Søndenaa, Camilla Gudde, Øyvind Thomassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2018-02-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/1