Diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders for use with adults with Learning Disabilities/Mental Retardation (DC-LD) and the diagnosis of anxiety disorders: A review

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Supplement

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-61

  Bailey, Nicola M ^a,c   Andrews, T M ^b  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Fiveways Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Anxiety disorders; Diagnosis mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BUSPIRONE; CLONAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 0348038727     PISSN: 13510886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.47.s1.25.x     Document Type: Review

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