Transitioning individuals with mental retardation and developmental disability: The other sister

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-205

  Hammer, Jill Hayes ^a,d   Holloway, Jodie ^b   DePrato, Debra K ^c   Weiss, Kenneth J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LSUHSC Division of Law   (United States)

^c Delaware Valley Res Assoc Inc   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUALITY;

EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033935913     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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