PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH IN THE LEARNING-DISABLED

The papers discussed in this review have identified a high prevalence of gastro-oesophageal disease, Helicobacter pylori infection and senso ry impairments in people with an intellectual disability, and have adv anced the understanding of dementia and osteoporosis in this populatio n, A greater understanding of intellectual disability in the primary c are setting has also emerged. Curr Opin Psychiatry 11:531-534. (C) 199 8 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.