Life events as correlates of problem behavior and mental health in a residential population of adults with developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-320

  Owen, Dawn M ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^a   Noone, Stephen J ^a   Chinn, Joanna ^a   Harman, Katie ^a   Roberts, Julia ^a   Taylor, Kelly ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

challenging behavior; developmental disabilities; life events; psychiatric disorder; residential population

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942607520     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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