Against psychotherapy with people who have mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-57

  Sturmey, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRAINING;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL RETARDATION; META-ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 13944257460     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43<55:APWPWH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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