Funding and Support
This research was funded by Health Canada through the National
Health Research and Development Program (Dr Bradley and Dr Bryson).
Dr Bradley was also supported from the Retarded Children’s
Fund, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
Acknowledgement
The authors thank all those who participated in the study: all
the young people in Niagara and their families who gave so generously
of their time; the staff within the school and developmental disability
services systems in the Niagara Region; our research personnel Debbie
Jones and Mary Anne Bell; Dr Tolomiczenko for statistical consultations;
and Marika Korossy for invaluable support throughout the study .
Notes
1. In Canada developmental disability is now generally the preferred
term; however in this paper we have retained the term mental retardation
as this is defined in DSM IV and more precisely defines the population
that was the focus of our research.
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Manuscript received August 2001, revised, and accepted May 2002.
1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of
Toronto; Psychiatrist-in-Chief Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
2 Research Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, York University,
Toronto ; Associate Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,
Ontario.
Address for correspondence: Dr E Bradley, Biomedical Services and
Research Division, Surrey Place Centre, 2 Surrey Place, Toronto,
ON M5S 2C2
e-mail: e.bradley@utoronto.ca
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