Assessment in intellectual disability

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 476-483

  Mohr, Caroline ^a   Gray, Kylie M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Choice; Intellectual disability; Offending; Pain; Preference; Psychopathology; Risk

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

EID: 23944435005     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000179483.62391.12     Document Type: Review

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