Aggression and Maladaptive Behaviors: Not Necessarily Symptoms of a Psychiatric Disorder

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-40

  Hurley, Anne DesNoyers ^a   Silka, Van R ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Applied behavior analysis; Bipolar; Depression; Developmental; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 1842473200     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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