Depression, social context and cognitive behavioural therapy for people who have intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Jahoda, Andrew ^a   Dagnan, Dave ^b   Jarvie, Pamela ^a   Kerr, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural therapy; Depression; Intellectual disabilities; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645113815     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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