Psychopathology in older adults with severe and profound mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-458

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Matson, Johnny L ^a   Paclawskyj, Theodosia R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030979998     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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