The referral dilemma of challenging behaviors, psychiatric diagnoses and treatment: Are there shortcuts in 2005?

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 126-127

  Pary, Robert J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disability; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 31644448662     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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