Prevalence and cluster typology of maladaptive behaviours in a geographically defined population of adults with learning disabilities

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-227

  Smith, Susan ^a   Branford, David ^a   Collacott, Richard A ^c   Cooper, Sally Ann ^b   McGrother, Catherine ^c  

^a Leicester Frith Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029744071     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.2.219     Document Type: Article

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