Personality disorder in intellectual disability

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-521

  Torr, Jennifer ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042427636     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200309000-00005     Document Type: Review

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