Delusions and hallucinations in down syndrome: Literature review and comparison with non-down syndrome patients

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Hurley, Anne DesNoyers ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delusions; Depression; Developmental; Down; Down's syndrome; Hallucinations; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0347432401     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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