Generalized anxiety disorder in adolescents and young adults with mild mental retardation

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-64

  Masi, Gabriele ^a,b   Favilla, Letizia ^a,b   Mucci, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034096857     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.2000.11024894     Document Type: Article

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