Classifying mental retardation and specific strength and deficit areas in severe and profoundly mentally retarded persons with the MESSIER

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Dixon, Dennis R ^a   Matson, Michael L ^a   Logan, James R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinecrest Developmental Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Classifying intelligence; Measurement; Mental Retardation; MESSIER

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10044225519     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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