Refining diagnoses: Applying the DC-LD to an Irish population with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 813-819

  Felstrom, A ^a,b   Mulryan, N ^a   Reidy, J ^a   Staines, M ^a   Hillery, John ^a,c  

^a Stewart's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Classification; DC LD; Diagnosis; Intellectual disability; Problem behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; IRELAND; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN INFECTION; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744516582     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00760.x     Document Type: Review

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