Assessment of Schizophrenia in Persons with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation Using the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II (DASH-II)

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-331

  Bamburg, Jay W ^a   Cherry, Katie E ^a   Matson, Johnny L ^a   Penn, David ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment schizophrenia; Mental retardation; Severely handicapped

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035619529     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012218611103     Document Type: Article

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