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Intellectual developmental disorders in Mexico: a call for programmes promoting independence and inclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gregorio Katz ,
Edgar Corona  and
Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
Gregorio Katz
Affiliation:
Capacitación y Desarrollo Integral AC, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Edgar Corona
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, email [email protected]
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This paper describes an innovative institution, Capacitación y Desarrollo Integral AC (CADI – Comprehensive Training and Development), created in Mexico to develop evidence-based interventions grounded in the principles of inclusion, independence, social and health equity that promote the well-being of persons with intellectual developmental disorder older than 14 years.

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BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 2016 , pp. 74 - 76
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