1st Psychiatric Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2011 Sep;24(5):425-30. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283486cd3.
The purpose of this review is to investigate the existing situation regarding how people with intellectual disability are treated in contemporary Greece.
The legal rights of people with intellectual disability are fully protected. Steady improvement of special education, along with development of educational services. Greater access of people with intellectual disability is being developed. There is, however, a lack of specialized health services. A relatively adequate social and financial support of families of individuals with severe intellectual disability. There is very limited access to employment for people with intellectual disability. Lack of rigorous research and representative studies on intellectual disability and insufficient epidemiological data.
The main conclusion of this review is that, since 1980, the situation of people with intellectual disability has been steadily improving in the areas of civil rights, social support, special education, and use of health services. However, the deficiency of official national data on intellectual disability does not allow a complete and documented evaluation of the situation in the country. Furthermore, the lack of epidemiological data undermines the development and establishment of evidence-based public policies.
本综述旨在调查当代希腊智力残疾人的现状。
智力残疾人的合法权利得到充分保护。特殊教育稳步发展，教育服务不断完善。智力残疾人的准入机会有所增加，但专门的医疗服务仍然缺乏。为严重智力残疾者的家庭提供的社会和财政支持相对充足。智力残疾人获得就业的机会非常有限。关于智力残疾的研究和代表性研究非常有限，且缺乏足够的流行病学数据。
本次综述的主要结论是，自 1980 年以来，智力残疾人在公民权利、社会支持、特殊教育和医疗服务的使用方面的状况一直在稳步改善。然而，官方缺乏关于智力残疾的国家数据，这使得无法对该国的情况进行全面和有文件记录的评估。此外，缺乏流行病学数据也阻碍了基于证据的公共政策的制定和实施。
