Mental Health among Sami People with Intellectual Disabilities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hege Gjertsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article summarizes and examines results from the 2017 living condition-survey among people with an intellectual disability in Sami Areas in Norway. Findings indicate that people with an intellectual disability have poorer mental health compared to the general population, and that people who have Sami heritage have further compromised mental health.