A review of the emotional, psychiatric and behavioural responses to bereavement in people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 537-543

  Dodd, Philip ^a,b,c   Dowling, S ^d   Hollins, S ^d  

^a University College Dublin ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Death; Grief; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AFFECT; BEREAVEMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 21644445780     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00702.x     Document Type: Review

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